Shock, Septic

Endotoxic Shock; Septic Shock; Shock Syndrome, Toxic; Shock Syndromes, Toxic; Syndrome, Toxic Shock; Syndromes, Toxic Shock; Toxic Shock; Toxic Shock Syndromes
Shock due to circulatory insufficiency caused most commonly by gram-negative BACTEREMIA. It is less often the result of the persistent presence of other micro-organisms in the blood (FUNGEMIA; VIREMIA); in rare instances, it is caused by gram-positive organisms, but with different symptomatology.