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Table 2 Sites of infection

From: Procalcitonin-guided algorithm to reduce length of antibiotic therapy in patients with severe sepsis and septic shock

 

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

p-value

Number of patients

38

31

27

27

18

 

Pneumonia

21,1% (8)

12,9% (4)

29,6% (8)

22,2% (6)

33,3% (6)

n. s.

Abdominal

57,9% (22)

58,1% (18)

63,0% (17)

53,6% (15)

38,9% (7)

n. s.

Urogenital

2,6% (1)

3,2% (1)

3,7% (1)

3,7% (1)

-

n. s.

Soft tissue

-

6,5% (2)

-

-

11,1% (2)

n. s.

Others/ unknown

18,4% (7)

19,4% (6)

3,7% (1)

18,5% (5)

16,7% (3)

n. s.

  1. n. s., not significant.