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  2. Beware of signs and symptoms of sepsis - AOL

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    Any infection can cause sepsis, he said. When a bacterial infection goes untreated, most commonly, it progresses into sepsis. Viral infections, such as COVID-19 and fungal infections can also ...

  3. Septic abortion - Wikipedia

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    Septic abortion is diagnosed using clinical evaluation, bacterial cultures, and ultrasonography on people who present with signs and symptoms with intrauterine infections following by an abortion within 20 weeks of gestation. Medical history and physical examination are used as the first line in identifying people who are suspected of having a ...

  4. Postpartum infections - Wikipedia

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    Postpartum infections, also known as childbed fever and puerperal fever, are any bacterial infections of the female reproductive tract following childbirth or miscarriage. [1] Signs and symptoms usually include a fever greater than 38.0 °C (100.4 °F), chills, lower abdominal pain, and possibly bad-smelling vaginal discharge. [1]

  5. World Sepsis Day: What is the condition and its symptoms? - AOL

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    Sepsis can be treated with appropriate treatment such as antibiotics – this should be given as soon as possible. The CDC says sometimes “surgery is required to remove tissue damaged by the ...

  6. Cefotaxime - Wikipedia

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    Cefotaxime is an antibiotic used to treat several bacterial infections in humans, other animals, and plant tissue culture. [3] Specifically in humans it is used to treat joint infections, pelvic inflammatory disease, meningitis, pneumonia, urinary tract infections, sepsis, gonorrhea, and cellulitis. [3]

  7. Sepsis - Wikipedia

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    Sepsis is a potentially life-threatening condition that arises when the body's response to infection causes injury to its own tissues and organs. [4] [7]This initial stage of sepsis is followed by suppression of the immune system. [8]

  8. Group B streptococcal infection - Wikipedia

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    GBS-EOD infections presented in infants whose mothers had been screened as GBS culture-negative are particularly worrying, and may be caused by incorrect sample collection, delay in processing the samples, incorrect laboratory techniques, recent antibiotic use, or GBS colonization after the screening was carried out.

  9. Imipenem/cilastatin - Wikipedia

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    Imipenem/cilastatin, sold under the brand name Primaxin among others, is an antibiotic useful for the treatment of a number of bacterial infections. [1] It is made from a combination of imipenem and cilastatin. [1] Specifically it is used for pneumonia, sepsis, endocarditis, joint infections, intra-abdominal infections, and urinary tract ...