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sepsis

[sep-sis] / ˈsɛp sɪs /


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Chase, who also starred in the cable drama Big Love, died from sepsis following a bout with meningitis in a Los Angeles hospital, her longtime manager John Ryan Jr confirmed to BBC News on Wednesday.

From BBC • Jun. 17, 2026

According to his death certificate, Busch died from hemorrhagic shock and disseminated intravascular coagulation after complications from bacterial pneumonia led to sepsis.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

In models of sepsis and kidney injury, methionine again protected mice, suggesting that it could be relevant for other inflammatory disease settings.

From Science Daily • Jun. 1, 2026

Among them was Amanda Zurawski, a Texas woman who contracted sepsis and lost a fallopian tube in 2021 after doctors refused to induce her at 18 weeks pregnant in circumstances much like Waldorf’s.

From Salon • May 27, 2026

The doctor told my mother that if I had remained in Africa another day or two, the infection would have spread through my body, causing sepsis.

From "Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina" by Michaela DePrince




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