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

All the local and constitutional signs of a severe septic infection are present.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis

Causes.—Gonorrhea, septic infection from adjacent tissues, acute fever diseases, mumps, and peritonitis.

From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Ritter, Thomas Jefferson