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How likely is sepsis with bird flue infection?
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Not likely: Bird flu is a virus and will not cause sepsis. If there is a superinfection with a bacteria, sepsis might or might not happen.
Answered 3/26/2013
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Sepsis?: Human infection with the highly pathogenic h5n1 avian influenza virus is quite serious with a 50% or so case fatality rate associated with severe respiratory disease and viral pneumonia.
Answered 11/4/2012
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