[Correspondence] Towards a globally relevant sepsis agenda: the role of HIV – Authors' reply

Abstract

We thank Matthew J Cummings and colleagues for their insightful comments on our Seminar.1 They wished to raise awareness that people living with HIV are at increased risk of developing sepsis and of experiencing higher sepsis-related mortality and morbidity. Indeed, we addressed this important fact in figure 2 of our Seminar, explicitly stating that the presence of HIV is an established risk factor for progression to sepsis.1