Once a UTI develops, “the most common and effective treatment is a course of antibiotics,” says Adair. The specific ...

People with many different kinds of leukemias, including CLL (like your husband's), often have low platelet counts. However, ...

Empiric concomitant coverage of MRSA and multidrug-resistant organisms is not necessary for most patients with sepsis.

A substantial proportion of critically ill immunocompromised (CII) patients develop bloodstream infections (BSIs) and sepsis, which significantly increases the risk of mortality and poor outcomes ...

Since 2016, she has constantly had to use catheters, which is what has caused her sepsis each time. When Amani first got ...

West Side United is a nationally recognized, community-driven hospital collaborative addressing the 20-year life expectancy gap between the Loop and ...

The research conducted by Professor Zou Zui and his team focuses on the immunoregulatory mechanisms in sepsis. As a ...

Sepsis is a complex clinical syndrome characterized by dysregulated immune responses, systemic inflammation, and multi-organ dysfunction. It involves intricate interactions among multiple signaling ...

Professor Elliot Long explains why sepsis in children is difficult to diagnose, with nearly 10% of cases missed in emergency ...

Every three seconds, one life is lost to sepsis, according to the Global Sepsis Alliance. It is a life-threatening, dysregulated immune response to infection and remains a leading cause of death ...

Article subjects are automatically applied from the ACS Subject Taxonomy and describe the scientific concepts and themes of the article. Studies in preclinical models of infections have shown that ...

Lindsay Curtis is a health & medical writer in South Florida. She worked as a communications professional for health nonprofits and the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of ...