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Causes
What causes sepsis?
Most of the time, sepsis is caused by a bacterial infection.
Infections that can lead to sepsis include:
- A skin infection such as from a cut.
- A lung infection like pneumonia.
- A kidney infection.
- A gut infection such as E. coli.
Sepsis can occur in people of any age. But it is more common in infants, older adults, and people who have a compromised immune system that cannot fight infection. Sepsis can develop very quickly.