Neutrophil and Monocyte CD64 and CD163 Expression in Critically Ill Neonates and Children with Sepsis: Comparison of Fluorescence Intensities and Calculated Indexes

Table 1

Characteristics of the study population.

	SIRS with sepsis	SIRS without sepsis
Number	29	27
Male/female	12/17	16/11
Median PRISM III (range)	11 (4–26)	12 (2–23)
Number of deaths	0	3 (11%)
Number of mechanically ventilated patients	27 (93%)	27 (100%)
Number of patients with severe sepsis	16 (55%)	/
Number of patients with septic shock	12 (41%)	/
Number of patients with inotropic drugs	12 (41%)	9 (33%)
Number of neonates <28 days	15	22
Number of newborns (0–7 days)	13	20
Median age (range); days	1 (0–18)	0 (0–13)
Median gestational age (range); weeks	38.2 (32.4–41.0)	37.9 (32.4–41.4)
Median birth weight (range); g	2945 (1400–3850)	3025 (1350–3920)
Number of children >28 days	14	5
Median age (range); months	9.3 (1.9–33.0)	4.2 (1.4–65.9)
Number of gram-positive sepsis	11	/
Number of gram-negative sepsis	10	/
Number of culture-negative sepsis	8 (28%)	/
Number of positive blood cultures	8 (28%)	/
Number of positive tracheal aspirates	13 (44%)	/