• Information
  1. Infectious
  2. Idiopathic Vasculitides
  3. Other Causes
  4. Typical Components of Sepsis Syndrome

A. Infectious

1. Gram Negative Sepsis
2. Gram Positive Sepsis
   1. Staphylococcal Bacteremia
   2. Streptococcal Bacteremia
   3. Pneumococcal Bacteremia
   4. Toxic Shock Syndrome
   5. Clostridial Sepsis
3. Atypical
   1. Chlamydia psittici
   2. Legionella
   3. Typhoidal Syndromes
4. Viral Illness
   1. Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers
   2. Hantivirus Syndrome

B. Idiopathic Vasculitides

1. Polyarteritis Nodosa
2. Giant Cell Arteritis
3. ANCA-Related Vasculitides
4. Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
5. Cryoglobulinemia
6. Serum Sickness

C. Other Causes

1. Pre-Eclampsia
2. Anaphylactic Reactions
   1. Drug related reactions
   2. Insect bites, other bites
   3. Stevens Johnsons Syndrome (Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis)
   4. Certain parasitic infections (e.g. hydatid cyst)
3. Microangiopathic Hemolytic Anemias
   1. Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS)
   2. Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (TTP)
   3. HELLP Syndrome (severe pre-eclampsia)
4. Severe Ulcerative Colitis
5. Cholesterol Emboli Syndrome - eosinophilia may be present
6. Adrenal Failure (Addisonian Crisis) - eosinophilia may be present

D. Typical Components of Sepsis Syndrome

1. Hypotension
2. Acute Renal Failure
3. Disseminated Intravascular Coagulopathy (DIC)
4. Thermal Dysregulation (hypothermia and/or fever)
5. Pulmonary Edema