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Although the clinical definition of microbial sepsis is still controversial, definition can be derived from its well-known clinical picture [4, 11, 16] and from the underlying pathophysiological processes which form the biological background of what is considered the septic picture.
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Schuster, H.P. (1989). Sepsis: Clinical Definition and Incidence. In: Reinhart, K., Eyrich, K. (eds) Sepsis. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-83083-9_1
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