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Diagnosing sepsis: does the microbiology matter?

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posted on 2023-06-07, 16:10 authored by Jonathan Cohen
Sepsis is caused by infection, and knowing what type of organism is causing the infection certainly matters in terms of both epidemiology and selecting antibiotic therapy. Although there is considerable laboratory evidence that micro-organisms initiate sepsis in different ways, the clinical consequences are usually indistinguishable. New drugs that target specific points in the activation pathway are starting to emerge, and these will require us to be much more accurate in how we diagnose sepsis.

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  • Published

Journal

Critical Care

ISSN

1466-609X

Publisher

BioMed Central

Issue

3

Volume

12

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  • Clinical and Experimental Medicine Publications

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Article Number:145

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  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2011-09-07

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