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By the bioMérieux Connection Editors Normally, your immune system works to fight germs, but with sepsis, your immune system turns on you instead. Sepsis can quickly lead to tissue damage, organ failure, and death if it’s not addressed promptly. That’s why sepsis is a medical emergency, and time matters. So how do you recognize if …
By the bioMérieux Connection Editors On Christmas Eve in 2014, Amanda Flores, a 36-year-old mother of two, went into septic shock. She awoke in February as a quadruple amputee. Ms. Flores was young, healthy, and active—so how did she come so close to death from a condition that more often strikes at-risk groups like the …
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According to the Global Sepsis Alliance, sepsis doesn’t always look the same for everyone, especially when symptoms first show up.
By the bioMérieux Connection Editors In April of this year, Natalie Billingham was taken to the Sandwell and West Birmingham hospitals by her husband, Stuart Billingham, due to flu-like symptoms and debilitating pain in her foot. According to news reports, she was examined and sent home. The next morning, her condition was much worse, so …
At this year’s World Anti-Microbial Resistance Congress, Dr. Tristan Timbrook delivered a...
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