septic infection

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This condition can lead to septic infection, which in turn can lead to lethal organ failure.

From Slate • Sep. 14, 2022

Two weeks and a septic infection later, he stepped out into the dry plains air exhausted.

From Washington Times • Apr. 23, 2018

Frail and exhausted, he was just out of the hospital where a septic infection had nearly killed him.

From Los Angeles Times

There is a great temptation, on account of the known excessive liability of the parts to septic infection, to use an antiseptic solution unduly strong.

From Diseases of the Horse's Foot by Reeks, Harry Caulton

To be able to distinguish between the generalization of a septic infection in its incipiency, and a more or less benign edema, is largely possible by digital manipulation alone.

From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by Lacroix, John Victor