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The occurrence of septicaemia in five patients is described. In four of the patients it arose from the genito-urinary tract whilst the patients were in the Spinal Centre. The pathogenesis of the development of this complication is described. Accepting that the management of the genito-urinary tract is not the only responsibility of the doctor looking after these patients, it is certainly one of his most important tasks and even closer surveillance could have prevented this complication.
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Silver, J., Martindale, J. & Moulton, A. Septicaemia—The forgotten complication of paraplegia. Spinal Cord 8, 128–142 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/sc.1970.23
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