Bloodstream infections as a marker of community-acquired sepsis severity. Results from the Portuguese community-acquired sepsis study (SACiUCI study) J. Gonçalves-Pereira, P.R. Povoa, C. Lobo, A.H. Carneiro Clinical Microbiology and Infection Volume 19, Issue 3, Pages 242-248 (March 2013) DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2012.03776.x Copyright © 2013 European Society of Clinical Infectious Diseases Terms and Conditions
FIG. 1 Cumulative mortality of patients with community-acquired sepsis according to the presence of positive blood cultures on the day of hospital admission. A significantly higher mortality was noted from the 9th day onwards in patients with bloodstream infection. Chi-square test; *p <0.05. Clinical Microbiology and Infection 2013 19, 242-248DOI: (10.1111/j.1469-0691.2012.03776.x) Copyright © 2013 European Society of Clinical Infectious Diseases Terms and Conditions