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Table 4 Overview of all 22 deceased patients including causes of death and responsible pathogens

From: Staphylococcus aureus colonization in hemodialysis patients: a prospective 25 months observational study

Focus

Cause of death

Pathogen detection

SaDial-ID

Septic

Sepsis (mesenteric ischemia)

S. aureus, E. faecalis

019

Septic shock (diabetic foot gangrene)

S. epidermidis

011

Sepsis (focus unknown, either pneumonia or CVC)

no

013

Sepsis (CVC infection)

no

014

Sepsis (aspiration pneumonia)

E. coli

021

Sepsis (gangrenous cholecystitis)

Cocci

023

Sepsis (pneumonia)

Enterococci

033

Sepsis (focus unknown, either pneumonia or CVC)

no

080

Septic shock (unknown focus, possible CVC sepsis)

no

001

Sepsis (infectious colitis)

C. difficile

053

Recurrent sepsis by various pathogens (metastatic cholangiocellular carcinoma)

inter alia C. difficile

101

Sepsis (unknown focus, possible CVC sepsis)

gram-negative Cocci, K. oxytoca

005

Sepsis (pneumonia)

Influenza B

034

Sepsis and congestive heart failure (possibly endocarditis after transcatheter aortic valve implantation)

E. faecalis

056

Respiratory failure, chronic emphysema and recurrent infections

P. aeruginosa in sputum

072

Septic shock (unknown focus, possible CVC sepsis)

no

010

Cardio-logical

Congestive heart failure/ cardiogenic shock

no

022

Congestive heart failure/ cardiogenic shock

no

015

Hypoxic brain damage after resuscitation in ventricular fibrillation

no

003

Intestinal

Non-occlusive mesenteric ischemia

no

016

Intestinal perforation

no

068

Pulmonary

Pulmonary embolism

no

039