My most recent septic patient had literally zero SIRS criteria, and I strongly did not suspect a bacterial source of infection. Isolated hypotension, nothing else. Said she felt great and asked to go home
To date she's grown out GPCs on 8/10 blood cultures.
Sepsis actually is hard.
Also, it sounds like a bacterial source was not suspected in this case (and was validated by the cultures being negative and the autopsy), so AFAICT this was not sepsis.
> Also, it sounds like a bacterial source was not suspected in this case (and was validated by the cultures being negative and the autopsy), so AFAICT this was not sepsis.
Am confused by this. Sepsis can be a response to bacterial, viral, or fungal infection, no?
