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Sepsis still represents a major medical challenge despite several advances in therapy. Most published data on sepsis have been derived from clinical trials evaluating new drugs and from international cohort studies. The aim of this study was to analyze risk factors, mortality and causative pathogens in a cohort of unselected patients with severe sepsis at a German university hospital and to compare the data with international cohorts and recently published therapeutic trials. ⋯ The characteristics of unselected patients with severe sepsis at the authors' institution are comparable to data from recently published sepsis studies with respect to mortality, severity of disease, and range of causative pathogens.
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Hirsutism or virilization in postmenopausal women may be due to increased testosterone levels caused by an androgen-secreting tumor. The preoperative localization of small ovarian or adrenal androgen-secreting tumors is difficult. ⋯ Selective catheterization and [(18)F]FDG-PET investigation may aid the detection of androgen-secreting tumors.