In this large, multi-national point prevalence survey of 13,796 ICU patients (EPIC-II), 51% were considered infected, and 71% were receiving antibiotics. Of those with positive isolates, 62% were gram negative, 47% were gram positive, and 19% were fungi. ICU mortality was 25% and 11% for infected and non-infected patients, respectively. Hospital mortality was 33% and 15% respectively. Infections in ICU patients are frequent and associated with high mortality (abstract).
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