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Table 3 Final infectious foci in 130 patients admitted to ED with severe sepsis

From: Recognition and treatment of severe sepsis in the emergency department: retrospective study in two French teaching hospitals

Infectious foci

Number (percentage)

Urinary

40 (30.7%) [23–39%]

Pulmonary

37 (28.5%) [21–36%]

Abdominal

18 (13.8%) [9–20%]

Others

15 (11.5%) [7–18%]

undetermined

9 (6,9%) [3–13%]

cutaneous

5 (3,8%) [1–8%]

Meningitis

3 (2.4%) [0.4–6%]

Febrile neutropenia

3 (2.4%) [0.4–6%]

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