Subsequent Infections in Survivors of Sepsis: Epidemiology and Outcomes

Conclusions:
Critically ill patients who survive sepsis have an increased risk of recurrent infections in the year following their septic episode that is associated with increased mortality.

Source: Journal of Intensive Care Medicine - March 11, 2014 Category: Intensive Care Authors: Wang, T., Derhovanessian, A., De Cruz, S., Belperio, J. A., Deng, J. C., Hoo, G. S. Tags: Review of a Large Clinical Series Source Type: research