Sepsis is caused by any infection, community or hospital acquired, such as:
Identify the main causes of sepsis:
[Please enter your thoughts below about what the causes of sepsis are.]
Ideally you need to have included in your list the following causes:
- Lung infection, (e.g. pneumonia)
- Urine infection
- Peritoneal infection
- Cellulitis
Any infection from lungs, abdomen, skin, soft tissue, urinary tract infection, blood stream – including bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites – gram negative and/or gram positive organisms.


