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My child suffers from scid, is it more likely that a bacterial infection become septic?
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Yes: Scid children have a much decreased ability to fight off infections, so they can develop overwhelming sepsis infections from germs that would only cause minor problems in normal, non-scid children.
Answered 12/9/2013
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Bacterial or viral: Either bacterial or viral illness can cause sepsis in scid as the body does not have an immune system to fight the infection.
Answered 11/6/2012
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