In children, endotoxaemia has been associated with more severe illness requiring admission to intensive care, severity or duration of illness but not mortality [ 5, 6].
Although systematic use of these molecules cannot be advocated, several areas of uncertainty remain, including potential benefits in patients with more severe illness or in specific subgroups.
Perhaps the cytomegalovirus had mutated to cause a more severe illness.
They found signals that those on statins suffered from more severe illness than those who were not.
Reliable studies show that people who lack insurance seldom get regular medical care and therefore suffer more severe illness and death than those who are insured.
The world has been fortunate that this virus has not mutated to cause more severe illness in larger numbers of people.
"If a virus binds further down in the lungs, it tends to cause more severe illness, as in the case of the H5N1 avian flu virus".
On this scale, higher scores indicate more severe illness and a higher number of therapeutic interventions.
Numerous investigators have sought to identify variables that may predict a more severe illness course.
This leukocytosis is likely reflective of more severe illness especially given the high proportion of CA-MRSA in our cohort.
The ongoing 2016/17 influenza epidemic in France is characterized by the circulation of A(H3N2) viruses, known to cause more severe illness among at risk populations.
