The clinical characteristics of patients with sepsis in a tertiary referral hospital in Yangon, Myanmar.

Background: The clinical characteristics and course of patients hospitalised with sepsis in Myanmar and the responsible pathogens remain poorly defined.

Methods: We performed an observational study of adults admitted from the community to a tertiary referral hospital in Yangon with fever and dysfunction of at least two organ systems.

Results: The 120 patients had a median age of 47 y (interquartile range 28-63); 11 (9%) were human immunodeficiency virus positive.