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Table 1 Septic focus, associated pathogen(s) and risk factors for infection

From: Therapeutic plasma exchange as rescue therapy in severe sepsis and septic shock: retrospective observational single-centre study of 23 patients

Patient

Septic focus and associated pathogen(s)

Risk factors for infection

1

Septic shock (pneumonia, Staphylococcus aureus)

Microscopic polyangiits, cryoglobulinemia, chronic renal disease

2

Severe sepsis (soft tissue infection, Streptococcus pyogenes)

None

3

Septic shock

Pancytopenia, cryoglobulinemia

4

Septic shock (perianal soft tissue infection, Streptococcus group A)

Excision of an anal tag

5

Septic shock (pneumonia, Pseudomonas aeruginosa)

UIP, Sjögren's syndrome, alveolitis, immune complex vasculitis

6

Septic shock (parastomal abscess, Peptostreptococcus, Candida) with septic or Infliximab-associated cardiomyopathy

Crohn's disease with anal and parastomal fistulas

7

Septic shock (pneumonia, Streptococcus pneumoniae)

Post splenectomy

8

Septic shock (pneumonia, Escherichia coli)

None

9

Septic shock

Crohn's disease, short bowel syndrome

10

Severe sepsis (rhabdomyolysis and pneumonia, Adenovirus, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Staphylococcus aureus)

None

11

Severe sepsis (pneumonia, H1N1) with VAHS

Type 2 Diabetes, obesity hypoventilation syndrome

12

Septic shock (pneumonia, Staphylococcus haemolyticus, Candida krusei)

MDS with pancytopenia

13

Severe sepsis (pneumonia, H1N1, Strepococcus mitis, Serratia marcescens) with VAHS

None

14

Severe sepsis (pneumonia)

MDS, secondary AML, PBSCTx

15

Septic shock, OPSI (sinusitis, Streptococcus pneumoniae)

Post splenectomy

16

Septic shock (pneumonia, Staphylococcus aureus)

Cystic fibrosis, re-double-lung transplantation, diabetes, liver cirrhosis

17

Septic shock (pneumonia, Streptococcus pneumoniae)

Multiple myeloma, AL amyloidosis (cardiac, renal), autologous SCTx 4 months ago,

18

Septic shock (pneumonia)

Septic granulomatosis

19

Septic shock, OPSI (chronic otitis, Streptococcus pneumoniae)

Kidney transplantation, rapidly progressive GN, s/p acute rejection 3 weeks prior with subsequent rituximab treatment

20

Septic shock (colon perforation, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Acinetobacter baumanii, Klebsiella pneumonia)

Crohn’s disease, cachexia

21

Septic shock (pneumonia, Streptococcus pneumonia)

COPD

22

Septic shock (acute liver failure due to HSV)

Hysterectomy because of uterine myomas

23

Septic shock (MOF due to VZV)

Type 2 Diabetes

  1. AML = acute myeloid leukemia, COPD = chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, GN = glomerulonephritis, MDS = myelodysplastic syndrome, MOF = multiple organ failure, OPSI = overwhelming post splenectomy infection, PBSCTx = peripheral blood stem cell transplantation, UIP = usual interstitial pneumonitis, VAHS = virus-associated hemohagocytotic syndrome, VZV = varizella zoster virus.