Research Article
Serum Procalcitonin and Procalcitonin Clearance as a Prognostic Biomarker in Patients with Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock
Table 1
Microorganisms isolated from different sites in patients with sepsis or septic shock.
| | Category (total positive isolations ) | Blood | Urine | Sputum | Skin | Abdomen |
| | Gram-positive bacteria (, 18.4%) | | | | | | | Staphylococcus aureus | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | | Coagulase negative Staphylococci | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Streptococcus spp. | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Enterococcus spp. | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | Gram-negative bacteria (, 69.0%) | | | | | | | Escherichia coli | 7 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | | Klebsiella pneumoniae | 8 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | | Proteus mirabilis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | | Salmonella D1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Enterobacter spp. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | Haemophilus influenzae | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | | Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | | Acinetobacter baumannii | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | Other Anarobes spp.
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Fungus (, 12.6%) | | | | | | | Candida albicans | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
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