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Table 2 Cumulative causative microorganisms stratified by IVIG treatment

From: The importance of intravenous immunoglobulin treatment in critically ill patients with necrotizing soft tissue infection: a retrospective cohort study

 

Non-IVIG (n = 44)

IVIG (n = 35)

Group A streptococci

6 (13.6)

14 (40)

Other streptococci

5 (11.4)

3 (8.6)

Methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus

8 (18.2)

1 (2.9)

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

1 (2.3)

0

Clostridium spp.

2 (4.5)

0

E. coli

5 (11.4)

3 (8.6)

Other Enterobacterales

3 (6.8)

2 (5.7)

Pseudomonas spp.

4 (9.1)

0

Enterococcus faecalis

2 (4.5)

2 (5.7)

Acinetobacter spp.

3 (6.8)

0

Others

5 (11.4)

10 (28.6)

  1. Data expressed as numbers and (percentages) per group. Number of causative pathogens may be larger than number of patients due to occasional polymicrobial infection. The two detected Clostridium spp. were Clostridium perfringens and Clostridium septicum. IVIG, intravenous immunoglobulins