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Globally, sepsis infection is the leading cause of death in children , taking more than 3.4 million lives per year, according to the Sepsis Alliance — and 85% of these deaths occur before age 5.

Sepsis among children is a very difficult and elusive problem for physicians to diagnose and treat, with almost 10% of cases being missed in the emergency room.

When children are admitted with the infection, the average length of stay is more than a month, per the above source.

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Many people don’t know much about sepsis, according to Professor Elliot Long, team leader in clinical sciences and emergency research at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute in Me

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