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Table 2 Pathogens and antibiotics according to the sepsis definitions

From: Epidemiology of sepsis and septic shock in intensive care units between sepsis-2 and sepsis-3 populations: sepsis prognostication in intensive care unit and emergency room (SPICE-ICU)

  Sepsis-2 Sepsis-3 Sepsis-2 and sepsis-3 Sepsis-2 and no sepsis-3 No sepsis-2 and sepsis-3 No sepsis-2 and no sepsis-3
Variables   n = 530 n = 569 n = 501 n = 29 n = 68 n = 20
Microbiology of blood cultures
Gram-negative E. coli 84 (15.9) 89 (15.6) 84 (16.8) 0 5 (7.4) 0
  Klebsiella 35 (6.6) 34 (6.0) 34 (6.8) 1 (3.5) 0 1 (5.0)
  Pseudomonas 2 (0.4) 2 (0.4) 2 (0.4) 0 0 0
Gram-positive Staphylococci 62 (11.7) 66 (11.6) 60 (12.0) 2 (6.9) 6 (8.8) 0
  Streptococci 43 (8.1) 45 (7.9) 42 (8.4) 1 (3.5) 3 (4.4) 1 (5.0)
  MRSA 5 (0.9) 6 (1.1) 5 (1.0) 0 1 (1.5) 0
  Enterococcus 12 (2.3) 12 (2.1) 12 (2.4) 0 0 0
  Anaerobic 14 (2.6) 12 (2.1) 12 (2.4) 2 (6.9) 0 0
Fungi   2 (0.4) 2 (0.4) 2 (0.4) 0 0 0
Antibiotics
Penicillin derivative (PCG, ABPC, ABPC/MCIPC)   21 (4.0) 27 (4.8) 21 (4.2) 0 6 (8.8) 1 (5.0)
Ampicillin/sulbactam   69 (13.0) 77 (13.5) 66 (13.2) 3 (10.3) 11 (16.2) 7 (35.0)
PIPC/TAZ   73 (13.8) 73 (12.8) 64 (12.8) 9 (31.0) 9 (13.2) 6 (30.0)
First generation cephalosporin   11 (2.1) 11 (2.0) 9 (1.8) 2 (6.9) 2 (2.9) 3 (15.0)
Second generation cephalosporin (CTM, CMZ, FMOX)   13 (2.5) 17 (3.0) 11 (2.2) 2 (6.9) 6 (8.8) 0
Third generation cephalosporin (CTX, CPZ, CTRX)   60 (11.3) 67 (11.8) 57 (11.4) 3 (10.3) 10 (14.7) 1 (5.0)
Third generation cephalosporin against pseudomonas   3 (0.6) 3 (0.5) 3 (0.6) 0 0 0
Fourth generation cephalosporin against pseudomonas   30 (5.7) 29 (5.1) 29 (5.8) 1 (3.5) 0 0
Carbapenem   279 (52.6) 291 (51.1) 268 (53.5) 11 (37.9) 23 (33.8) 3 (15.0)
Aminoglycoside   0 0 0 0 0 0
Quinolone   32 (6.0) 35 (6.2) 32 (6.4) 0 3 (4.4) 0
Tetracycline   3 (0.6) 3 (0.5) 3 (0.6) 0 0 0
Macrolide   29 (5.5) 29 (5.1) 29 (5.8) 0 0 0
Metronidazole   18 (3.4) 18 (3.2) 18 (3.6) 0 0 0
CLDM   23 (4.3) 24 (4.2) 20 (4.0) 3 (10.3) 4 (5.9) 1 (5.0)
Vancomycin   81 (15.3) 80 (14.1) 75 (15.0) 6 (20.7) 5 (7.4) 4 (20.0)
Other anti–methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus drugs   45 (8.5) 48 (8.4) 45 (9.0) 0 3 (4.4) 0
Antifungus   28 (5.3) 30 (5.3) 28 (5.6) 0 2 (2.9) 1 (5.0)
Others (ST, CLL, FOM, SBT/CPZ, AMPC)   10 (1.9) 11 (1.9) 10 (2.0) 0 1 (1.5) 1 (5.0)
  1. Reported counts (proportions)
  2. ICU intensive care unit, PCG penicillin G, ABPC ampicillin, ABPC/MCIPC ampicillin/cloxacillin, PIPC/TAZ tazobactam/piperacillin, CTM cefotiam, CMZ cefmetazole, FMOX flomoxef, CTX cefotaxime, CPZ cefoperazone, CTRX ceftriaxone, CLDM clindamycin, ST sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim, CLL cefaclor, FOM fosfomycin, SBT/CPZ sulbactam/cefoperazone, AMPC amoxicillin, MRSA methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus