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Not all patients had all sepsis criteria (e.g. respiratory rate) measured. Since all patients had a GN-BSI and start of empiric antibiotics, we considered the baseline to be sepsis if no symptoms of severe sepsis or septic shock were present. Sepsis severity was based on the most severe clinical state in 24 hours before to 3 hours after culture ... ................
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