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Exam questionKROK 2Medicine · 2018

A 38-year-old man underwent surgical treatment of a wound with a suppuration focus. On the 8th day after the procedure the wound cleared of purulo-necrotic discharge and granulations appeared. However, against the background of antibacterial therapy, the patient’s body temperature persists as high as 38.5-39.5°C; chills, excessive sweating, and euphoria are observed in the patient; heart rate is 120/min. What complication of the local suppurative inflammatory process can be suspected?

Answer options

  1. Trombophlebitis
  2. Purulent-resorptive fever
  3. Meningitis
  4. Sepsis
  5. Pneumonia
Correct answer

Sepsis

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