Table 2 Microorganisms identified as causative agents in adult patients with community-acquired sepsis by severity group
Pathogensa | Total (n = 214) | Sepsis (n = 83) | Severe sepsis (n = 70) | Septic shock (n = 61) | p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
E. coli | 60 (28.0) | 25 (30.1) | 21 (30.0) | 14 (23.0) | 0.89 |
S. pneumoniae | 18 (8.4) | 4 (4.8) | 6 (8.6) | 8 (13.1) | 0.79 |
S. aureus | 14 (6.5) | 7 (8.4) | 3 (4.3) | 4 (6.6) | 0.99 |
K. pneumoniae | 12 (5.6) | 2 (2.4) | 5 (7.1) | 5 (8.2) | 0.98 |
S. Enteritidis | 10 (4.7) | 2 (2.4) | 5 (7.1) | 3 (4.9) | 1.0 |
S. pyogenes | 8 (3.7) | 2 (2.4) | 3 (4.3) | 3 (4.9) | 1.0 |
N. meningitidis | 5 (2.3) | 2 (2.4) | 2 (2.9) | 1 (1.6) | 1.0 |
L. monocytogenes | 3 (1.4) | 1 (1.2) | 1 (1.4) | 1 (1.6) | 1.0 |
K. oxytoca | 3 (1.4) | 0 | 1 (1.4) | 2 (3.3) | 1.0 |
P. mirabilis | 3 (1.4) | 0 | 2 (2.9) | 1 (1.6) | 1.0 |
S. anginosus | 2 (0.9) | 0 | 1 (1.4) | 1 (1.6) | 1.0 |
C. jejuni | 2 (0.9) | 0 | 0 | 2 (3.3) | n.a. |
L. pneumophila | 2 (0.9) | 0 | 1 (1.4) | 1 (1.6) | 1.0 |
S. agalactiae | 2 (0.9) | 2 (2.4) | 0 | 0 | n.a. |
F. necrophorum | 2 (0.9) | 2 (2.4) | 0 | 0 | n.a. |
West Nile virus | 2 (0.9) | 2 (2.4) | 0 | 0 | n.a. |
S. mitis | 2 (0.9) | 2 (2.4) | 0 | 0 | n.a. |
S. dysgalactiae | 1 (0.5) | 1 (1.2) | 0 | 0 | n.a. |
C. difficile | 1 (0.5) | 0 | 0 | 1 (1.6) | n.a. |
P. aeruginosa | 1 (0.5) | 0 | 0 | 1 (1.6) | n.a. |
B. thetaiotamicron | 1 (0.5) | 0 | 0 | 1 (1.6) | n.a. |
C. albicans | 1 (0.5) | 1 (1.2) | 0 | 0 | n.a. |
C. canimorsus | 1 (0.5) | 0 | 0 | 1 (1.6) | n.a. |
E. cloaceae | 1 (0.5) | 1 (1.2) | 0 | 0 | n.a. |
P. multocida | 1 (0.5) | 1 (1.2) | 0 | 0 | n.a. |
S. marcescens | 1 (0.5) | 0 | 1 (1.4) | 0 | n.a. |