But doctors have warned that the main threat facing the 88-year-old Francis would be the onset of sepsis, a serious infection of the blood that can occur as a complication of pneumonia.

Pope Francis battles pneumonia, with doctors warning sepsis as a major risk to his health. Pope’s doctor says he remains in danger, with fragile health on the "golden scale." Despite his illness, the ...

Despite Pope Francis’s ongoing hospitalization for a respiratory infection and pneumonia, Holy Year celebrations continued at the Vatican on Saturday. The 88-year-old pontiff remains under close ...

ROME (AP) — The Vatican carried on with its Holy Year celebrations without the pope Saturday, as Pope Francis battled pneumonia and a ... the pope’s medical team said in their first in-depth ...

a serious infection of the blood that can occur as a complication of pneumonia. As of Friday, there was no evidence of any sepsis, and Francis was responding to the various drugs he is taking, the ...

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ROME (AP) — The Vatican carried on with its Holy Year celebrations without the pope Saturday, as Pope Francis battled pneumonia and a complex respiratory infection that doctors say remains touch ...

PHOTOS: Sepsis a threat in pope's pneumonia battle as Vatican Holy Year celebrations march on without him Carbone, who along with Francis’ personal nurse Massimiliano Strappetti organized care ...

Objective: To discuss current and potential treatment options for nosocomial pneumonia due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Data Sources: A MEDLINE search (1966-January 2007 ...