ABSTRACT
The most common cause of sepsis in patients admitted to the hospital for sepsis is urosepsis. Urosepsis may be defined as a urinary tract infection (UTI) that has seeded the bloodstream, accompanied by systemic symptoms. Urosepsis is also defined by demonstrating the same organisms cultured from urine and blood. Urosepsis may be communityornosocomiallyacquired.Community-acquiredurosepsisoccursonlyunder certain circumstances, i.e., in nonleukopenic, compromised hosts with preexisting renal disease or structural abnormalities of the urinary tract (UT). Nosocomial urosepsis may occur in normal as well as abnormal individuals with urologic manipulation (1).
UROSEPSIS
