Table 1

Baseline characteristics and outcome of the patients with blood stream infection according to the sepsis type (i.e. primary or secondary sepsis).

Mean (SD) or number (%)
Primary sepsis n = 117
Secondary sepsis n = 62
p

Age (year-old)
64.9 (14.9)
65.8 (14.0)
0.690

Female/Male
49 (41.9)/68 (58.1)
25 (40.3)/37 (59.7)
0.966

Medical/surgical admission
104 (88.9)/13 (11.1)
49 (79.0)/13 (21.0)
0.119

SAPS II
47.9 (19.3)
49.1 (18.6)
0.673

ICU mortality
34.2%
46.8%
0.137

SAPS: Simplified Acute Physiologic Score; ICU: Intensive Care Unit.

Charles et al. BMC Infectious Diseases 2008 8:163   doi:10.1186/1471-2334-8-163