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Incidence of Gram‐negative bacteraemia in sepsis syndrome Implications for immunotherapy
Author(s) -
WILLATTS S. M.,
SPELLER D. C. E.,
WINTER R. J.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1994.tb04443.x
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , sepsis , antibiotics , intensive care unit , bacteremia , immunotherapy , gram , intensive care medicine , immunology , immune system , microbiology and biotechnology , bacteria , physics , genetics , optics , biology
Summary The incidence of Gram‐negative bacteraemia in 100 patients with sepsis syndrome receiving antibiotics, and admitted to the Intensive Therapy Unit, was only 12%. If endotoxin antibody is only effective in bacteraemic patients and these results are confirmed, there would be little indication for its use in our Intensive Therapy Unit.