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Is it possible for a healthy 21 year old male to get sepsis from viral gastroinenteritis or from common cold?

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Yes: You can get septic from all kinds of infectious agents, everything depends on your immune function

Dr Rhoads and another doctor agreed

Answered 3/9/2017

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