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Sepsis

Volume 481: debated on Tuesday 28 October 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many cases of sepsis were recorded in England in each year since 2005. (229597)

The information requested is not available.

Although the Health Protection Agency collects information on blood stream infections these data do not provide a complete picture as sepsis is a clinical condition caused by a range of bacteria that are manifest as localised infections as well as blood stream infections.