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Editorial
. 2018 Mar 9;22(1):64.
doi: 10.1186/s13054-018-1987-z.

The long sepsis journey in low- and middle-income countries begins with a first step...but on which road?

Arthur Kwizera  1 , Inipavudu Baelani  2 , Mervyn Mer  3 , Niranjan Kissoon  4 , Marcus J Schultz  5 , Andrew J Patterson  6 , Ndidiamaka Musa  7 , Joseph Christopher Farmer  8 , Martin W Dünser  9 ; Sepsis in Resource-Limited Settings Workgroup of the Surviving Sepsis Campaign
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Editorial

The long sepsis journey in low- and middle-income countries begins with a first step...but on which road?

Arthur Kwizera et al. Crit Care. .
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Keywords: Infection; Low-income countries; Middle-income countries; Organ dysfunction; Prevention; Sepsis.

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Infectious and parasitic deaths worldwide. Based on data from 2002 including International Classification of Diseases-10 codes: A00-B99, G00, G03-G04, N70-N73. © Copyright Worldmapper.org/Sasi Group (University of Sheffield) and Mark Newman (University of Michigan)
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