Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The presence of bacteria in the blood.
Wiktionary
- n. alternative spelling of bacteraemia.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The presence of bacteria in the blood.
WordNet 3.0
- n. transient presence of bacteria (or other microorganisms) in the blood
Examples
“So basically she did not have at any time a raging infection, but she had an infection which initially started with what we call a bacteremia, or an invasion of blood by bacteria, which was later on controlled by antibiotics.”
“The bug that sparked much of this research activity is streptococcus pneumoniae, which can cause invasive pneumoccocal diseases such as a bloodstream infection known as bacteremia; and meningitis, which is an infection of the covering of the brain and spinal cord.”
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“It" is bacterial infection in the blood, also called bacteremia, and it's a major part of the very serious illness called sepsis.”
“It includes invasive infections such as bacteremia, sepsis, and meningitis, as well as non-invasive infections, such as pneumonia and otitis media.”
“Although it can cause a variety of clinical syndromes such as bacteremia, pneumonia, endocarditis, and deep abscess formation,”
“This Mycin expert system was designed to identify bacteria causing severe infections, such as bacteremia and meningitis, and to recommend antibiotics, with the dosage adjusted for patient's body weight.”
“Pneumococcal disease is caused by the bacterium Streptococcus pneumoniae and can result in multiple disease manifestations, including invasive infections, such as bacteremia / sepsis and meningitis, as well as pneumonia and otitis media.”
“Pneumococcal disease affects both children and adults, and includes invasive infections such as bacteremia/sepsis and meningitis, as well as pneumonia and otitis media (middle ear infection).”
“Pneumococcal disease affects both children and adults, and includes invasive infections such as bacteremia/sepsis and meningitis, as well as pneumonia and acute otitis media.”
“While most turn out to be minor and self-limiting illnesses, a proportion of infants have SBIs such as bacteremia, meningitis, pneumonia or urinary tract infections.”
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