The burden of sepsis is greatest in developing countries and there is a need to translate modern management strategies for adults with severe sepsis to this context, says a team of authors in this week's PLoS Medicine. Sharon Peacock (Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand) and colleagues review the strategies that can be used to reduced deaths from bacterial sepsis in low income settings.
Citation: Cheng AC, West TE, Limmathurotsakul D, Peacock SJ (2008) Strategies to reduce mortality from bacterial sepsis in adults in developing countries. PLoS Med 5(8): e175. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0050175
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