Table 1 Clinical features, baseline demographic and physiological variables on admission in the three groups

Age (means ± SD)

44.19 ± 22.51

49.17 ± 21.39

32.59 ± 19.08^†

   median (min-max)

39(5–79)

50(5–83)

31(15–76)

Male/Female

20/12

19/11

15/17

APACHEA II score

18.69 ± 3.69

19.97 ± 4.23

18.00 ± 3.82

Predictive mortality by APACHE II

42.94% ± 13.30%

49.13% ± 18.22%

40.38% ± 15.48%

SAPS II score

29.31 ± 8.05

33.59 ± 9.76

27.03 ± 9.52

Predictive mortality rate for SAPS II

12.16% ± 9.58%

17.80% ± 12.54%

10.69% ± 10.59%

SOFA

8.97 ± 1.82

9.17 ± 2.46

8.44 ± 2.00

Observed mortality

5/32(15.63%)

5/30(16.67%)

5/32 (15.63%)

Diagnosis

Acute enteritis

1

1

Acute nonlymphoblastic leukemia

11

13

7

Agranulocytosis

1

Aplastic anemia

1

2

Bacillary dysentery

5

3

3

Bronchopneumonia

1

Cholecystitis

2

3

2

Chronic myeloid leukemia

3

1

Fulminent N meningitis

1

Kidney cancer

1

1

Multiple trauma

2

1

2

Peritonitis

2

Pneumonia

3

2

7

Osteomyelitis

1

1

Septicemia

2

3

6

Urinary tract infection

1

1

Microbiology

Acinetobacter baumannii

1

Candida albicans

4

2

2

Escherichia aerogenes

1

Escherichia cloacae

1

4

Escherichia coli

5

9

9

Gram-negative bacilli

4

1

2

Gram-positive bacilli

2

2

6

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

2

1

Mucor

2

Myososis

1

N. meningococcus

1

Shigella boydii

3

1

1

Shigella dysenteriae

3

2

3

Staphylococcus

1

3

Streptococcus viridans

1

1

Negative

6

2

5