They are the pathogens most frequently isolated from nosocomial bacteraemias [ 8], with an attributable mortality rate ranging from 13% for CNS [ 9] to 42% for MRSA [ 11].
Please see related Commentary by Schefold, http://ccforum.com/content/15/2/136 Despite improvements in antimicrobial therapy and supportive care, the incidence of sepsis continues to rise and sepsis is now the third leading cause of infectious deaths in the United States [ 1], with a mortality rate ranging from 20% for sepsis to 50% for septic shock [ 2, 3].
The mortality rate ranges from < 1% for Nephropathia epidemica (NE) caused by Puumala virus to 12% for infections with Hantaan and Dobrava-Belgrade virus [ 2].
The mortality rate ranged from 0.1%to1.2%2%.
In addition, mesh infection would have dire consequences leading to potential septic peritonitis, for which mortality rates range from 40% to 60% in equine patients [ 9, 10].
An ICU mortality rate of 5.1% for cardiac surgery patients also appears high as reported hospital mortality rates range from 0.9%to3.6%6% [ 36- 38].
Compared with other surgical procedures, thoracotomy is associated with the highest 30-day mortality rates, ranging from less than 1% for minor resections to up to 12% for pneumonectomies [ 1- 3].
In the replacement scenario, the costs per life year gained range from €45,9122 to € 6590 for attributable mortality rates ranging from 10% to 50%.
Some reviews have reported mortality rates ranging from 77 % to 93%% for retroperitoneal/abdominal leiomyosarcoma [ 20].
(3) There is considerable heterogeneity in each group, with mortality rates ranging from 0.00% to 0.62% for Group A, 0.00% to 0.29% for Group B, and 0.10% to 0.67% for Group C. All three of these ranges have considerable overlap.
Whereas it often is debated whether to treat E. faecium as a real pathogen, several studies have shown high morbidity and mortality rates for enterococcal bacteremia (mortality rates ranging from 25%to5151%), especially in immunocompromised patients [ 9- 11].
