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BACTEREMIA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Transient presence of bacteria (or other microorganisms) in the blood

Synonyms:

bacteremia; bacteriaemia; bacteriemia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("bacteremia" is a kind of...):

pathology (any deviation from a healthy or normal condition)

Domain category:

micro-organism; microorganism (any organism of microscopic size)

Derivation:

bacteremic (of or relating to or having bacteremia)

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 Context examples: 

A. sobria is found in soil and water and is pathogenic, causing gastroenteritis, bacteremia, and soft tissue infections, especially of the eye.

(Aeromonas sobria, NCI Thesaurus)

C. neteri is especially pathogenic to immunocompromised patients, causing super infections and bacteremia.

(Cedecea neteri, NCI Thesaurus)

C. striatum is commensal in the skin and nasal flora and is a pathogen known to cause bacteremia in immunocompromised patients with respiratory infections, skin ulcers, or during surgery.

(Corynebacterium striatum, NCI Thesaurus)

C. amalonaticus is most commonly found in feces, soil, water and sewage and is an opportunistic pathogen causing urinary tract infections, bacteremia and other systemic infections.

(Citrobacter amalonaticus, NCI Thesaurus)

M. lacunata is a commensal organism of the human upper respiratory tract and most commonly associated with eye infections, but has been reported to cause rare invasive infections in humans, including endocarditis, septic arthritis, cellulitis, meningitis, bacteremia and purulent pericarditis.

(Moraxella lacunata, NCI Thesaurus)

C. upsaliensis is a pathogen associated with gastroenteritis, acute watery diarrhea, septicemia, abscesses, inflammatory bowel disease, periodontitis and bacteremia in normal hosts and in those with opportunistic infections in immunocompromised individuals or HIV infected patients.

(Campylobacter upsaliensis, NCI Thesaurus)