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Do i need a positive bacterial culture to have sepsis in the blood?
5 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
Sort of: Sepsis is usually due to bacterial infections, but not exclusively, fungal infections can also cause sepsis. A person may be septic and not have a positive blood culture due to vagaries of specimen collection, prior antibiotic treatment and infection with organisms that may be difficult to culture.
Answered 3/17/2014
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Not always: Sepsis may be cause by other pathogens such as viruses and fungus.
Answered 3/18/2014
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