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Sepsis (Blood Infection) (cont.)

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Author: Jerry R. Balentine, DO, FACEP

Editor: Melissa Conrad Stöppler, MD, Chief Medical Editor, eMedicineHealth.com

Previous contributing authors and editors:

Author: Selim Suner, MD, MS, Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Section of Emergency Medicine, Brown Medical School.

Editors: Scott H Plantz, MD, FAAEM, Research Director, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine; Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD, Senior Pharmacy Editor, eMedicine; Thomas Rebbecchi, MD, FAAEM, Program Director, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.

REFERENCES:

Donovan, C., and J. Blewitt. "An Overview of Meningitis and Meningococcal Septicaemia." Emerg Nurse. 17.7 Nov. 2009: 30-6; quiz 37.

Sharma, Sat, and Eschun, Gregg. “Multisystem Organ Failure of Sepsis.” eMedicine. Apr. 28, 2009. <http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/169640-overview>.


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