The introduction and inspiration from US FDA guidance: bacterial risk control strategies for blood collection establishments and transfusion services to enhance the safety and avai... by ZHANG Ningjie, YANG Yuanqing, ZHU Yuanpei, WANG Yongjun, GUO Yongjian

“…Room temperature stored platelets are associated with a higher risk of sepsis and related fatality. The risk of bacterial contamination of platelets is a leading risk of infection from blood transfusion. …”
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Deubiquitinases: Novel Therapeutic Targets in Immune Surveillance? by Gloria Lopez-Castejon, Mariola J. Edelmann

“…This response is tightly regulated since any aberrant activation of immune responses would have severe pathological consequences such as sepsis or chronic inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. …”
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Secondary Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis: A Challenging Diagnosis in a Patient with Autoimmune Hepatitis by Colin Casault, Juan G. Posadas-Calleja

“…We describe a case of secondary Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) from autoimmune hepatitis mimicking severe sepsis in a man admitted to the intensive care unit. …”
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Complications following Iliac Wing Fibrosarcoma by G. Stan, H. Orban, R. Deculescu

“…The immediate postoperative period was complicated with local sepsis of reconstructed site treated with pediculate omentoplasty. …”
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Structured Teaching Programme on Knowledge Regarding Management of Obstructed Labor Among Final Year GNM Students by Noorjan K S, Preethi D’Souza

“… Background The women of developing countries are at risk of pregnancy-related complications including eclampsia obstructed labour sepsis etc. Obstructed labour is the single most important cause of maternal death and is one of the three leading causes of perinatal mortality with a case fatality rate ranging between 87-100. …”
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Case of the Diffuse Form of Xanthogranulomatous Pyelonephritis by Tateki Yoshino, Hiroyuki Moriyama

“…Not long after that the patient died due to sepsis and cardiovascular failure. Microscopic findings of the left kidney revealed infiltration of lymphocytes and lipid-laden macrophages (xanthoma cells) corresponding to XGP.…”
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Emergency radiological evaluation of wandering spleen volvulus and infarction: A case report and review of literature by Muataz Kashbour, MBChB, Maaly Abuhlaiga, MBChB, Muhammed Asim Awan, MD, Khalid Gashoot, MD

“…Early diagnosis allows spleen-preserving strategies and therefore prevents the life-threatening complications of postsplenectomy sepsis.…”
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The Inflammatory Response to Miniaturised Extracorporeal Circulation: A Review of the Literature by Hunaid A. Vohra, Robert Whistance, Amit Modi, Sunil K. Ohri

“…Conventional cardiopulmonary bypass can trigger a systemic inflammatory response syndrome similar to sepsis. Aetiological factors include surgical trauma, reperfusion injury, and, most importantly, contact of the blood with the synthetic surfaces of the heart-lung machine. …”
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Fatal Septic Shock in a Patient with Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis Associated with an Infectious Mononucleosis by Giorgio Berlot, Ariella Tomasini, Lorenzo Zandonà, Eugenio Leonardo, Rossana Bussani, Nadia Zarrillo

“…Despite the aggressive treatment, which included antibiotics, vasopressors, IV immunoglobulins, and the use of an extracorporeal device aimed to remove mediators released both during sepsis and the cytokine storm determined by the hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, the patient died. …”
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Uterine Necrosis Associated with Fusobacterium necrophorum Infection by T. Widelock, R. Elkattah, S. Gibbs, Z. Mashak, S. Mohling, S. DePasquale

“…We describe a 19-year-old woman who underwent a cesarean delivery complicated by sepsis and purulent uterine necrosis secondary to Fusobacterium necrophorum infection.…”
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Conversion of Intermediate Therapies into Intensive Therapies. by Rubén Bembibre Taboada, Carlos Jaime Geroy Gómez, Marcos D. Iraola Ferrer, Julio Cortizo Hernández, Julio Jova Dueñas, Pedro Juan Barrios Fuentes, José Roque Nodal

“…<strong>Results and Conclusions:</strong> Human and material resources were distributed; there were 483 admitted with a standard stay of 2,34 days and a necropsia percentage of 95,15%; a total pathological clinic correlation of 96,66%, and partial of 3,34%. The nosocomial sepsis was of 4,5 per 100 patients; people’s satisfaction was of 78,57% with a very well criteria and 21,42% with well. …”
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Leflunomide induced drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms: A lesser known entity by Deepak Vashisht, Madhab Durga Tripathy, Sunmeet Sandhu, Rohit Kothari, Surbhi Vashisht, Arun Hegde

“…Features mimicking Stevens-Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis (SJS-TEN), sepsis, Kawasaki disease andhyper-eosinophilic syndrome can cause immense diagnostic dilemma. …”
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A Rare Case of Herpes Simplex Virus-2 Hepatitis with Negative Serology by Mohanad Soliman, Olalekan Akanbi, Ihab Almagdub, Kishore Karri, Pradeep Yarra, Saad Emhmed Ali, Hanine El Haddad

“…She was initially misdiagnosed with sepsis of unclear source and treated with broad-spectrum antibiotics. …”
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Lymphomatoid granulomatosis. Case Presentation by Marisela García de la Torre, Yanelka Bouza Jiménez, Stephany Milagros Acosta País, Maribel Misa Menéndez

“…He started with a maintained fever of 38 0C, malaise, weight loss, hepatomegaly and small non-painful adenopathies in the inguinal and axillary regions, so he was admitted on January 14, 2018 at the Gustavo Aldereguía Lima Hospital in Cienfuegos and was treated with antibiotic before a hematological profile which indicated associated sepsis. A fine-needle aspiration was performed, which was negative and arrangement for biopsy was made. …”
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Grave’s Disease with Severe Hepatic Dysfunction: A Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenge by Ashok Krishna Bhuyan, Dipti Sarma, Uma Kaimal Saikia, Bipul Kumar Choudhury

“…The patient was readmitted a few months later with worsening thyrotoxicosis, proximal muscle weakness, fever, and a hepatocellular pattern of jaundice with sepsis. Propylthiouracil was stopped and lithium along with steroid coverage was given to control her thyrotoxicosis which was later changed to methimazole. …”
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Extreme Procalcitonin Elevation without Proven Bacterial Infection Related to Amphetamine Abuse by András Lovas, Zsuzsanna Ágoston, Klára Késmárky, Péter Hankovszky, Zsolt Molnár

“…Although PCT has high sensitivity and specificity in differentiating bacterial sepsis from nonbacterial inflammation, our case report shows for the first time that it can be extremely elevated following serious amphetamine intoxication without bacterial infection.…”
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Hemoglobin Sunshine Seth: A Case Report of Low-Oxygen-Affinity Hemoglobinopathy by Leah S. Heidenreich, Jennifer L. Oliveira, Peter J. Holmberg, Vilmarie Rodriguez

“…The differential diagnoses for reduced peripheral oxygen saturation in an infant include congenital heart disease, respiratory distress syndrome, transient tachypnea of the newborn, persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn, meconium aspiration syndrome, pneumonia, pneumothorax, and sepsis. The diagnostic evaluation for neonatal hypoxemia can be invasive and expensive. …”
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THE INTESTINAL INSUFFICIENCY SYNDROME AND THE SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME IN ACUTE PERITONITIS IN CHILDREN by Cristina Șerban, Georgiana Bianca Constantin, Daniela Mihalache, Alina Calin, Norin Forna, Mădălin Guliciuc

“…Conclusions:The high frequency of complications, the increased interest in this pathology from the perspective of abdominal sepsis, raises the issue of acute peritonitis in children as a public health problem. …”
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Intrahepatic Stones: The Percutaneous Approach by Horst Neuhaus

“…Hepatolithiasis can cause recurrent attacks of cholangitis, with a risk of liver abscesses, sepsis or hepatic failure. Immediate biliary decompression can usually be achieved by endoscopic or percutaneous transhepatic drainage. …”
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La prévention anti infectieuse au cours des greffes de cellules souches hématopoïétiques by Mohammed Amine Bekadja

“…Ces infections, en particulier les sepsis ou les infections fongiques, telles que les aspergilloses in­vasives,sont responsables d’un taux élevé de décès durant les phases d’aplasie post conditionnement, en particulier myéloablatif. …”
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