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Could you tell me what happens with pneumonia and sepsis?
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Sepsis: People become very ill and must be hospitalized. They require antibiotics or anti fungal medications and various other types of life saving interventions -medications and procedures all of which are designed to get them well or sustain them while medications attempt to get them well.
Answered 6/1/2018
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