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
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