[Retracted] Antimicrobial Step-Down Therapy versus Conventional Antimicrobial Therapy in the Treatment of Patients with Sepsis

Table 1

Comparison of baseline data.

Items	Observation group ()	Control group ()	/	value
Age (year, cc)			0.081	0.936
BMI (kg/m^2, )			0.203	0.840
Body temperature (°C, )			0.269	0.789
Heart rate (time/min, )			0.010	0.992
APACHEII (points, )			0.160	0.874
Primary disease			2.438	0.743
Severe multiple injuries	11	9
Severe pneumonia	5	7
Acute severe pancreatitis	8	8
Acute severe cholangitis	9	6
Postoperative secondary infection	1	1
Blood-borne pathogens			1.145	0.285
Gram-negative bacteria	21	23
Gram-positive bacteria	13	8