Some patients are carriers of the organism and do not develop an active infection. These individuals may shed the organism and cause environmental contamination. Generally, mild C. diff infection (in addition to diarrhea) may result in: abdominal pain and cramping,
vasovesiculitis (vay-zoh-ve-sik-yoo-ly-tis) n. inflammation of the seminal vesicles and vas deferens. This usually occurs in association with prostatitis and causes pain in the perineum, groin, and scrotum and a high temperature.
Recommendations were first. published as in Critical Care Medicine, Mar 2004. SIRS (Systemic inflammatory response syndrome): The clinical syndrome that results from a deregulated. inflammatory response or to a noninfectious insult. Sepsis: SIRS that is secondary to infection that has been diagnosed clinically. Positive cultures add to the. validity but are not required for the diagnosis. Severe Sepsis: Sepsis plus at least one sign of hypoperfusion or organ dysfunction (see below), that is new, and.