Table 3. Clinical characteristics of the 4 patients who died
from worsening sepsis.
Three of the patients had infective endocarditis, while one patient had
device extrusion. Abbreviations: M: male; F: Female; LVEF: left
ventricular ejection fraction; IE: infective endocarditis; HTN:
hypertension; DM: diabetes mellitus; CHF: congestive heart failure; CAD:
coronary artery disease; CHG; chlorhexidine gluconate; COPD: chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease; MRSA: methicillin-resistant
Staphylococcus aureus.