Characterization of Nosocomial Infection in a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. Cienfuegos 2005-2009 by Lourdes Elena Duany Badell, Dagmaris Losa Pérez, Mabel Ávila Ramírez, Jorge Emilio Barletta del Castillo, Sara Hernández Malpica, Aymahara Gómez Morejón

“…The sample consisted of 70 patients who developed nosocomial sepsis and were admitted directly to the service. …”
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Trained Innate Immunity by Repeated Low-Dose Lipopolysaccharide Injections Displays Long-Term Neuroprotective Effects by Xiao-yan Zhou, Rong Gao, Jian Hu, Da-peng Gao, Yan-ling Liao, Jian-jun Yang

“…Disrupted immune response is an important feature of many neurodegenerative conditions, including sepsis-associated cognitive impairment. Accumulating evidence has demonstrated that immune memory occurs in microglia, which has a significant impact on pathological hallmarks of neurological diseases. …”
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Risk Factors in Intraepithelial Lesions of the Cervix by Martha Palma Osorio, Alejandro David Romero Flores, Ana Isabel Torres Mesa

“…Erosion and vaginal sepsis were the most significant due to the logistic regression model. …”
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Impact of different pathogen classes on the serum N-glycome in septic shock by Helena Torpy, The Huong Chau, Sayantani Chatterjee, Anastasia Chernykh, David J. Torpy, Emily J. Meyer, Morten Thaysen-Andersen

“…The morbidity and mortality of sepsis remain high. Clinicians lack effective markers to rapidly diagnose sepsis and identify the underlying pathogen infection particularly for patients with candidaemia or cases of culture-negative sepsis where culture-based diagnostics are inadequate. …”
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Newborn morbidities and care procedures at the special newborn care units of Gandaki Province, Nepal: a retrospective study by Khim Bahadur Khadka, Nabina Koirala, Olena Ivanova, Ramchandra Bastola, Dela Singh, Kamala Rana Magar, Bidhya Banstola, Ramesh Prasad Adhikari, Vincentas Giedraitis, Deepak Paudel, Guenter Froeschl

“…The reasons for SNCU admission were newborn sepsis (51%), neonatal hyperbilirubinemia (23%), respiratory distress syndrome (18%), and low birth weight (11%). …”
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Infective Endocarditis Following Selective Angioembolisation for Lower Gastrointestinal Tract Bleeding: A Case Report by Michelle Bai, Ferdinand Ong, Daniel Kozman

“… Selective angioembolisation is a common treatment modality for lower gastrointestinal bleeding. Sepsis is an uncommon complication of the procedure, and infective endocarditis is even rarer yet. …”
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Inhibition of the mTOR Pathway Exerts Cardioprotective Effects Partly through Autophagy in CLP Rats by Wen Han, Hao Wang, Longxiang Su, Yun Long, Na Cui, Dawei Liu

“…Background. Sepsis-induced myocardial dysfunction is a severe clinical problem. …”
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miR-197 Participates in Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Cardiomyocyte Injury by Modulating SIRT1 by Miaomiao Liu, Ying Zhang, Xiantong Cao, Tao Shi, Yang Yan

“…Sepsis is a systemic inflammation and is capable of inducing myocarditis, which is a major leading cause of death in patients. …”
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Morbidity and Mortality of Premature Birth at Ramadi Teaching Hospital for Maternity and Children/West of Iraq by Sabah M Ali, Rana F Shitran

“…Respiratory distress syndrome is the most prevalent complication of preterm babies followed by sepsis. Extremely low birth weight and triplet pregnancy have significant association with preterm mortality …”
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Efficacy of early enteral feeding with supplemented mother’s milk on postoperative outcomes of cardiac surgical infants: A randomized controlled trial by Anuradha Singal, Manoj Kumar Sahu, Geeta Trilok Kumar, Bani Tamber Aeri, Mala Manral, Anuja Agarwala, Shivam Pandey

“…Biochemical parameters at baseline and every alternate day, sepsis parameters every third POD and VD, LOICUS, LOHS, macronutrient consumption, and adverse events were assessed daily. …”
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Emodin Ameliorates Intestinal Dysfunction by Maintaining Intestinal Barrier Integrity and Modulating the Microbiota in Septic Mice by Mina Zhang, Bo Lian, Rui Zhang, Yuhong Guo, Jingxia Zhao, Shasha He, Yunjing Bai, Ning Wang, Yan Lin, Xuerui Wang, Qingquan Liu, Xiaolong Xu

“…Sepsis-induced inflammatory response leads to intestinal damage and secondary bacterial translocation, causing systemic infections and eventually death. …”
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Acute Esophageal Necrosis in a Septic Patient with a History of Cardiovascular Disease by Michael Coles, Victoria Madray, Pearl Uy

“…His hospital course was complicated by possible sepsis secondary to aspiration pneumonia and hematemesis secondary to acute ischemic esophageal necrosis as noted on upper endoscopy. …”
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Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome. A case report by Práxedes de Regla Rojas Quintana, Sandra Gómez Fonseca, Alejandrina Najarro Navarro

“…For these reasons, the case of a patient who underwent medical and surgical treatment, with in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer, who developed severe ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome with pregnancy si presente Since the syndrome could not be controlled and worsened with pregnancy and sepsis, with changes in addition to hepatorenal dysfunction, it was decided to terminate the pregnancy at six weeks of gestation, since the patient's life was in danger, and antibiotic therapy was started for sepsis. …”
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Septic Thrombophlebitis Caused by Fusobacterium necrophorum in an Intravenous Drug User by D. Dimitropoulou, M. Lagadinou, T. Papayiannis, V. Siabi, C. A. Gogos, M. Marangos

“…Lemierre’s syndrome, also referred to as post-anginal sepsis or necrobacillosis, is a suppurative thrombophlebitis of the internal jugular vein. …”
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Severe Clostridial Pyomyoma following an Abortion Does Not Always Require Surgical Intervention by Daphna Stroumsa, Eliel Ben-David, Nurith Hiller, Drorith Hochner-Celnikier

“…In selected cases of infected myoma complicated by clostridial sepsis, refraining from surgical intervention is a possible therapeutic approach.…”
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Immunosuppression with Antitumour Necrosis Factor Therapy Leading to Strongyloides Hyperinfection Syndrome by Muhammad Farhan Khaliq, Rayan E. Ihle, James Perry

“…Here, we present a case of Strongyloides hyperinfection in a 75-year-old male secondary to sepsis and chronic immunosuppression due to TNF-α inhibitors. …”
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Association between Shock Index and Emergency Department Cardiac Arrest by Chao-Tung Chen, Pei-Ming Wang, Chao-Hsin Wu, Chih-Wei Wei, Tai-Lin Huang

“…The aOR (CI) in the five etiologies was 1.3 (1.1–1.6) for hypoxia, 1.8 (1.6–2.1) for cardiac cause, 1.3 (0.98–1.7) for bleeding, 1.3 (1.03–1.6) for sepsis, and 1.9 (1.5–2.1) for other metabolic problems. …”
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Autopsias en fallecidos de la tercera edad by Teresita Montero González, José Domingo Hurtado de Mendoza Amat, Marlene García Origuela

“…La hipertensión arterial, diabetes y el cáncer decrecen con la edad, mientras la sepsis se incrementa. Aumentan progresivamente en las causas de muerte directa, la sepsis y el tromboembolismo, mientras disminuyen el choque, edema pulmonar e infarto cardiaco. …”
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Surgical Site Infections Complicating the Use of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy in Renal Transplant Recipients by Susanna Lam, Ngee-Soon Lau, Jerome Martin Laurence, Deborah Jean Verran

“…However, we describe three cases in which persistent or recurrent surgical site sepsis occurred, whilst NPWT was being deployed in adults with either wound dehiscence or initial SSI. …”
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The Role of T Helper (TH)17 Cells as a Double-Edged Sword in the Interplay of Infection and Autoimmunity with a Focus on Xenobiotic-Induced Immunomodulation by Nasr Y. A. Hemdan, Ahmed M. Abu El-Saad, Ulrich Sack

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