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7 unusual facts about Sepsis


Alan Coren

In May 2006, Coren was bitten by an insect that gave him septicaemia which led to his developing necrotising fasciitis.

Gatton murders

Dr. Von Lossberg testified that he had told Galbraith that he had not performed a post mortem at all because he was suffering from blood poisoning and for him not to have the bodies buried.

Ilke Wyludda

In early January 2011 Wyludda revealed in Bild that she had to have her right leg amputated because of Sepsis.

Mary Hughes

Her death was attributed to septicaemia, but she actually died in chilbirth, unmarried.

Mika Bomb

On 10 December 2005, drummer Ergi fell ill and was rushed to hospital where he was diagnosed as having septicaemia.

Paul Underwood

Underwood suffered massively during the 2006–07 season in The Championship, as a routine knee operation during the pre-season period caused a blood infection, leading to Underwood losing over two stone in weight.

Vought

Vought died from septicemia in 1930, but in that short time period succeeded in producing a variety of fighters, trainers, flying boats, and surveillance aircraft for the United States Navy and the United States Army Air Service.


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Manuel Lozano Garrido

In December 2009 Pope Benedict XVI authorised the recognition of a miracle (attributed to Manuel's intercession) in the cure of two-year-old Rogelio de Haro Sagra in 1972; the child had suffered from multiple organ failure due to Gram-negative sepsis.

Procalcitonin

PCT has the greatest sensitivity (85%) and specificity (91%) for differentiating patients with systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) from those with sepsis, when compared with IL-2, IL-6, IL-8, CRP and TNF-alpha.

Rory Staunton

Rory Staunton (13 May 1999 – 1 April 2012) was a young boy from Queens, New York whose death from sepsis created a nationwide movement to address the issue of childhood sepsis and its treatment.

Testube

!, Thine Eyes, Left Spine Down, the Unter Null side-project Stray, Diverje, B! Machine, Monstrum Sepsis, Paranoid Axis, Biopsy, White Trash Compactor, Leæther Strip (for the single Carry Me) and works by fellow Glim Records recording artist LowHero DLL.


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