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• n  the presence of pus-forming bacteria or their toxins in the blood or tissues

• A new drug has stopped the progression of sepsis in clinical trials of dangerously ill victims, while another shows promise of halting the disease before it gets out of control.
• According to the chart at the foot of her bed, she may also have pneumonia and sepsis.
• Afraid of hospitals, some I-Kiribati with sepsis wait so long before seeing a doctor that they eventually lose a leg, or both legs, or die from rampant infection.

News & Articles

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• Fremont Co. officials rule child's death homicide
  Fremont County authorities have ruled that the recent death of a 4-year-old boy is a homicide. The Fremont County Coroner's Office this week says the boy died April 9 from sepsis due to severe bronchopneumonia.
  June 14, 2013 - Laramie Boomerang
• Fifth Annual Spike Out Sepsis Volleyball Tournament Coming June 22, 2013
  Spike Out Sepsis, the award-winning sand volleyball tournament, will be taking over Columbus courts on Saturday, June 22, 2013. For the fifth straight year, teams from around central Ohio will be competing to raise funds and awareness for sepsis, which kills more people in the United States each year than breast cancer, lung cancer, and prostate cancer combined. (PRWeb June 13, 2013) Read the ...
  June 13, 2013 - PRWeb
• Artificial Spleen Offers Hope for Faster Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment
  Researchers are designing a “dialysis-like” machine that could identify and remove pathogens responsible for an often lethal blood infection. Taking advantage of recent advances in nanotechnology and microfluidics, researchers have made significant progress toward a device that could be used to rapidly remove pathogens from the blood of patients with sepsis, a potentially life-threatening ...
  June 13, 2013 - Technology Review