Sepsis: Leaking blood vessels may be cause of infection-spreading condition, researchers suggest

Thursday, June 23, 2011 - 16:30 in Health & Medicine

Researchers have put forward a new theory as to what causes sepsis, an often fatal condition that occurs when infection spreads throughout the body. Leaking blood vessels may actually be a cause of sepsis, rather than a symptom as previously thought.

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