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A member asked:
Can clarithromycin increase risk of sepsis? since more bacteria is killed and endotoxins are released
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No: Sepsis is a systemic immune response to infection with certain markers that are more extreme than just a regular infection. What you are referring to can cause a change in response but not in itself causes sepsis.
Answered 12/19/2017
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