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Characteristic
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All
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No infection
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Infection
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Patient numbers
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70
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19
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51
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Age (yr) (median, range)
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52.9 (19 – 88)
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48.0 (21 – 82)
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54.4 (19 – 88)
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Male / Female
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51 / 19
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17 / 2
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34 / 17
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ICU LOS, days
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Median (range)
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19.5 (3 – 54)
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15.1 (3 – 54)
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21.1 (5 – 51)
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95% CI
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17.2 – 21.8
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9.2 – 20.9
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18.9 – 23.4
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ICU mortality (no.) (%)
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19 (27.1)
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5 (26.3)
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14 (27.5)
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Pre-study diagnosis
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Tumor
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14
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5
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9
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Trauma
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22
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10
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12
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Cardiac decompensation
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4
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1
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3
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Pancreatitis
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5
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0
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5
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Peritonitis/Mediastinitis
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11
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0
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11
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Ileus
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5
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0
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5
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Others
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9
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3
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6
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Pathogens detected
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*
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#
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Gram-positive
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9
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19
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Gram-negative
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8
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16
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Anaerobic
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0
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0
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Viruses
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0
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0
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Fungi
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2
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8
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Antibiotic treatment
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18
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51
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- Data are given in absolute numbers or median (range) unless specified otherwise (n = 70). Pre study diagnoses with n < 3 are summarized as others. yr = year; ICU = intensive care unit; LOS = length of stay; 95% CI = 95% confidence interval.
- *: pathogens in the “no infection” group were isolated at a later stage during the ICU stay and were regarded as colonisation. #: all pathogens in the “infection” group were isolated from blood cultures.
