Sepsis patients with first and second-hit infections show different outcomes depending on the causative organism

Objective. With improving rates of initial survival in severe sepsis, second-hit infections that occur following resolution of the primary insult carry an increasing burden of morbidity. However, despite the clinical relevance of these infections, no data are available on differential outcomes in pa...

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Main Authors:	Matthew eMorgan, Tamas eSzakmany, Sarah G Power, Patrick eOlaniyi, Kathy eRowan, Judith E Hall, Matthias eEberl
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-02-01
Series:	Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:	Bacterial Infections Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections Intensive Care Sepsis mortality rates
Online Access:	http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2016.00207/full

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Sepsis patients with first and second-hit infections show different outcomes depending on the causative organism

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