Sepsis is a very bad and often lethal problem. Unless the hospital is following the Dr. Kory/Paul Merrick protocol, he just might expire.
In the past, it was often treated with broad spectrum antibiotics - more than one at a time. Even if the patient survived, The side effect was that often within a month, the patient was re-admitted with VRE—Vancomycin-resistant Enterococci.
Since Vancomycin was the antibiotic of last resort, when all else has failed, there was basically nothing left to do except make the patient comfortable and prepare the family for the inevitable.