Fig. 3

Effects of antibiotics and pathogenic bacteria on the patient mortality of septic shock. With carbapenem using carbapenem as the preferred antibiotic medication, without carbapenem not using carbapenem as the preferred antibiotic medication. Non-fermenting detecting non-fermenting bacteria as the most common pathogenic bacteria causing septic shock, fermenting detecting fermenting bacteria as the most common pathogenic bacteria causing septic shock.* p < 0.05, compared with the Non-fermenting group.