Lawson Health Research Institute says that currently, the best available approach to treat sepsis works about six per cent of the time, but preliminary results show a potential treatment in development in London, Ont., could be effective in 40 per cent of cases.Sepsis is caused by an infection from microbial pathogens such as a virus or bacterium and involves “a runaway infection” that spreads through the body, causing organ failure death and has been noted as a complication of COVID-19.
McMaster research leads Canada-wide research initiative to address sepsis “When you have these type of infections the body will respond with information to try to attack those invading bacteria or viruses,” said Dr.