Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of sepsis patients
|  | Sepsis (n = 23) |
|---|---|
Age (years) | 66.2 ± 12.6 |
Male/female | 14/9 (60.9%/39.1%) |
SOFA score | 11.3 ± 3.3 |
APACHE II score | 22.0 ± 7.1 |
Death, n | 9 |
Microbiology of patients (n) | |
   Gram-positive | 11 |
   Gram-negative | 7 |
   No organism cultured | 5 |
   Viral | 0 |
Type of infection (n) | |
   Pneumonia | 16 |
   Peritonitis | 2 |
   Severe pancreatitis | 1 |
   Severe cholangitis | 1 |
   Cholecystitis | 1 |
   Burn wound infection | 2 (5 and 7 days after ICU stay, respectively) |