jerome kline from harvard.ty med, a world class expert on pediatric infectious diseases. >> there's no doubt in my mind that this child died because of overwhelming num caulk kl sepsis. sepsis is a clinical term that applies there is a systemic infection. the history that had been provided by the mother was that the child had been ill for a couple of days with vomiting, diarrhea, but on the morning of september 21st, the mom had observed the baby at 6:00 and 8:00, there appeared to be respiratory distress and she called the emts. when the child was first seen at samaritan hospital in the differential diagnosis, sepsis was prominent, and the appropriate steps were taken. culture of blood was obtained, the child was started on appropriate intravenous antibiotics. when the child was transferred to albany medical center, the physician focus changed from infection to child abuse. unfortunately in matthew's case, he proceeded to deteriorate. he dropped his blood pressure with the very low white blood cell count of 1,