Pure viral sepsis secondary to Community-Acquired Pneumonia in adults: risk and prognostic factors

We investigated the risk and prognostic factors of pure viral sepsis in adult patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), using the Sepsis-3 definition. Pure viral sepsis was found in 3% of all patients admitted to the emergency department with a diagnosis of CAP (138 out of 4,028), 19% of all CAP patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) (138 out of 722) and 61% of all patients with a diagnosis of viral CAP (138 out of 225). Our data indicate that males and patients aged ≥65 years are at increased risk of viral sepsis
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