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Four people been diagnosed with sepsis after eating at a luxury restaurant in Stockholm that has been linked to a suspected listeria outbreak. Health authorities say at least 15 people have been treated or are under observation in hospital after dining at Coco & Carmen, a high-end venue in the Swedish capital’s Östermalm district. Most of the dozens affected are …

Handout Shirley Bartram, 69, said she spent a month in intensive care A grandmother has issued a warning to others after she lost five fingers and the ends of her toes due to sepsis. Shirley Bartram, from Gravesend in Kent, said she was left with the life-changing injuries after staff at Darent Valley Hospital, in Dartford, failed to treat her …

Researchers are attempting to find out whether a new method of treating sepsis could reduce the risk of developing superbugs. Sepsis is a life-threatening condition which occurs when the immune system overreacts to an infection and can cause damage to a person’s organs. The illness can be treated using antibiotics, but their overuse can lead to dangerous microorganisms becoming resistant …

Despite 1.7 million sepsis cases and more than 350,000 deaths each year, experts say Americans don’t know what sepsis is or how deadly it can be. Photo by Andrey Popov/Adobe Stock On World Sepsis Day, health experts remind Americans that sepsis strikes 1.7 million people in the U.S. each year and causes more than 350,000 deaths. Yet despite those staggering …

Recall expanded for hygiene products contaminated with bacteria linked to sepsis  KHOUView Full Coverage on Google News Source link

Recall expanded for hygiene products contaminated with bacteria linked to sepsis  WTHRView Full Coverage on Google News Source link

A national recall involving several types of soap has been expanded to include multiple other health care products. DermaRite Industries LLC. announced the expanded recall recently to now include various skin creams, deodorants, hand sanitizers and more due to the risk of a potential microbial contamination. The contamination has been identified as Burkholderia cepacia which can cause “serious and life …

Billy Porter is “recovering from a serious case of sepsis”, forcing the early closure of Broadway’s revival of Cabaret in which he played a leading role. The show’s producers announced on Sunday that Porter “is recovering from a serious case of sepsis” that will prevent him from returning to the stage. “His doctors are confident that he will make a …

September is Sepsis Awareness Month, and MedStar Health in Maryland reports that too many still don’t know about it and its symptoms. Nearly half of adults either have no idea what sepsis is or have never heard of it, according to a recent national survey by MedStar Health. One Baltimore sepsis survivor had it when he was a teen. He …

A team at the University of Virginia has developed a monoclonal antibody to stop sepsis, the leading cause of death in U.S. hospitals. There is good news from Virginia when it comes to the deadly infection sepsis. “This is truly a groundbreaking discovery,” said Jianjie Ma, a professor in the department of surgery at the University of Virginia. “Sepsis is …