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Diseases » Septicemia » Summary
 

What is Septicemia?

What is Septicemia?

  • Septicemia: A systemic inflammatory response to an infection.
  • Septicemia: systemic disease associated with presence and persistance of pathogenic microorganisms or their toxins in the blood.
    Source - Diseases Database
  • Septicemia: invasion of the bloodstream by virulent microorganisms from a focus of infection.
    Source - WordNet 2.1

Septicemia: Introduction

Types of Septicemia:

Types of Septicemia:

Broader types of Septicemia:

How many people get Septicemia?

Incidence (annual) of Septicemia: 1,648 annual cases in Victora 1996 (DHS-VIC)
Incidence Rate of Septicemia: approx 1 in 2,767 or 0.04% or 98,300 people in USA [about data]

How serious is Septicemia?

Complications of Septicemia: see complications of Septicemia
Average life years lost for Septicemia: 13.2 years (SEER)1; 14.1 in North Carolina2.
Deaths for Septicemia: 32,238 in USA 2001 (CDC); 30,680 annual deaths in 1999 (NVSR Sep 2001)
Cause of death rank for Septicemia: 10th leading cause of death in 1999 and 2000 (CDC)

What causes Septicemia?

Causes of Septicemia: see causes of Septicemia
Risk factors for Septicemia: see risk factors for Septicemia

What are the symptoms of Septicemia?

Symptoms of Septicemia: see symptoms of Septicemia

Complications of Septicemia: see complications of Septicemia

Septicemia: Testing

Diagnostic testing: see tests for Septicemia.

Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Septicemia.

How is it treated?

Treatments for Septicemia: see treatments for Septicemia
Prevention of Septicemia: see prevention of Septicemia
Research for Septicemia: see research for Septicemia

Organs Affected by Septicemia:

Organs and body systems related to Septicemia include:

Name and Aliases of Septicemia

Main name of condition: Septicemia

Class of Condition for Septicemia: bacterial

Other names or spellings for Septicemia:

blood poisoning, Septicaemia, Sepsis

Septicaemic shock, Septic shock, Sepsis syndrome Source - Diseases Database

Septicemia, Septicaemia, Blood poisoning, Septicemia, Blood poisoning, Septicaemia
Source - WordNet 2.1

Research the causes of these diseases that are similar to, or related to, Septicemia:



Footnotes:
1. SEER Cancer Statistics Review 1975-2000, National Cancer Institute (NCI)
2. Years of Potential Life Lost in North Carolina, NCMJ March/April 2002, Volume 63, Number 2

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