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Sepsis syndrome [1] and septic shock are always associated with a high rate of mortality. It has been estimated that in Western Europe, 400000 to 500000 cases of sepsis syndrome are diagnosed each year with 40 to 70% of the patients developing septic shock. Mortality is at approximately 40% in cases of sepsis syndrome with gram-negative bacteremia [2–4], 50% with hypotension [2–5] and can reach 70–90% in cases of shock with multiple organ failure (MOF) [2–7]. The pathogenic and physiopathologic complexity of sepsis syndrome can, in large part, explain the difficulties encountered in establishing therapeutic strategies. The number of mediators and cells are unlimited (Fig. 1) and new mediators are regularly isolated (adhesion molecules, endothelin-1 … !)
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Martin, C., Viviand, X., Potié, F. (1996). Immunotherapy of Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock: Is there a Future?. In: Vincent, JL. (eds) Yearbook of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine. Yearbook of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, vol 1996. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-80053-5_16
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