Table 1 Infection types associated with hospitalizations for sepsis
From: Cystatin C and long term risk of community-acquired sepsis: a population-based cohort study
Infection type | Number of sepsis hospitalizations |
|---|---|
(n = 1,532) | |
N (%) | |
Pneumonia | 603 (39.4) |
Kidney and urinary tract infections | 261 (17.0) |
Abdominal | 231 (15.1) |
Bronchitis, influenza and other lung infections | 138 (9.0) |
Skin and soft tissue | 123 (8.0) |
Sepsis | 104 (6.8) |
Fever of unknown origin | 29 (1.9) |
Surgical Wound | 10 (0.7) |
Catheter (IV/Central/Dialysis) | 6 (0.4) |
Meningitis | 5 (0.3) |
Unknown/ther | 22 (1.4) |