Aetiology, antimicrobial therapy and outcome of patients with community acquired severe sepsis: a prospective study in a Norwegian university hospital

Table 1 Suspected, confirmed and proportion of correct identified focus of infection in community acquired severe sepsis (n (%))

Infection	Suspected at admission^a	Confirmed at discharge^a	Correct at admission^b
Respiratory	101 (45.9)	115 (52.3)	93 (80.9)
Genitourinary	25 (11.4)	31 (14.1)	20 (64.5)
Soft tissue	23 (10.5)	27 (12.3)	18 (66.7)
Abdominal	16 (7.3)	26 (11.8)	13 (50)
Endocarditis	4 (1.8)	12 (5.5)	4 (33.3)
Bacteremia	2 (0.9)	5 (2.3)	1 [20]
CNS	4 (1.8)	4 (1.8)	2 (50)
Unknown	36 (16.4)	0 (0.0)	n.a.
Not suspected	9 (4.1)	n.a.	n.a.
Total	220 (100)	220 (100)	151 (68.6)

Abbreviations: CNS, central nervous system; n.a., not applicable.
^aPercent calculated column-wise, from total cases.
^bPercent calculated row-wise, from each infection category’s total number of confirmed cases.

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