Table 1

Demographics of children who died from S aureus infection after presentation with refractory septic shock to a New Zealand PICU

Age, gender	Ethnicity	Hospital or community acquired	Reason for admission to PICU	Blood culture	PIM*	Duration from PICU admission to death	Cause of death
*PIM, Paediatric Index of Mortality Score.
3 years, male	Pacific	Hospital	Pneumonia Pulmonary oedema	Positive	7.3	48 hours	Pneumonia Juvenile chronic myeloid leukaemia

8 years, female	Maori	Community	Pneumonia Septic arthritis Renal failure Coagulopathy	Positive	20.3	24 hours	Pneumonia Disseminated intravascular coagulation

11 years, male	Pacific	Community	Necrotising fasciitis Empyema Septic shock Multisystem organ failure	Positive	10.1	4 hours	Pneumonia Multisystem organ failure

4 years, female	Maori	Community	Pneumonia Osteomyelitis Septic arthritis Renal failure	Positive	0.8	5 days	Massive large vessel thrombosis

0.75 years, male	Pacific	Community (chickenpox contact)	Osteomyelitis Septic shock Multisystem organ failure Bronchopleural fistula	Positive MRSA	2.4	15 days	Pneumonia Ruptured pulmonary arteries Endocarditis