case study 14 your patient was admitted to the hospital in new mexico when his condition worsened. he is severly ill with diarrhea, abdominal pain, vomiting, and low blood pressure. yesterday, he developed massive bleeding under his skin, and bruises around his swollen lymph node. diagnostics showed bacteremia and severe sepsis. he was treated with gentamycin, vancomycin, ciprofloxacin, doxycycline, and human activated protein c, but his condition worsened. his blood pressure dropped dramatically, and his kidneys began to fail. he was placed on mechanical ventilation and hemodialysis, and underwent unilateral amputation of one of his hands due to ischemia. what do you think is wrong with your patient?

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