Identifying Sepsis From Foodborne Hospitalization: Incidence and Hospitalization Cost by Pathogen.

Conclusions: Sepsis is a serious complication among patients hospitalized with a foodborne pathogen infection or AGI resulting in a large burden of illness. Hospitalizations that are diagnosed using explicit sepsis codes are more severe and costly, but likely underestimate the burden of foodborne sepsis.
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