This article will focus on some peculiar aspects of hospital-acquired bloodstream
infection (BSI) originating in the urinary tract in critical care settings, particularly
with respect to epidemiology and etiology. Pathogenetic and clinical features and
diagnostic, therapeutic, and preventive measures of the septic process, with or without
shock, which can follow a urinary tract infection (UTI), will then be discussed.
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