Sentence examples for bacteremia from inspiring English sources

The response to bacteremia from gram-positive organisms such as Staphylococcus and Streptococcus is different: widespread dilation of the blood vessels results in warm, dry skin and a full-volume pulse in spite of lowered blood pressure.

The clinical picture of gram-negative bacteremia is much like that of hemorrhage, although no blood has been lost.

Despite such precautions, the development of antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria, including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and vancomycin-resistant S. aureus (VRSA), has led to an increase in the incidence of severe bacteremia.

In both types of bacteremia the condition may be exacerbated by contraction in blood volume.

Kombucha is not recommended for people with compromised immune systems, as the drink has been associated with severe bacteremia (bacterial infection of the blood) and fungemia (fungal infection of the blood) in such people.

Gram-negative bacteremia is the more common and more lethal type of bacteremic shock.

Sometimes the bacteria spread to the bloodstream, where they can cause a life-threatening infection (bacteremia).

Septicemia, formerly called blood poisoning, infection resulting from the presence of bacteria in the blood (bacteremia).

Bacteremia can often be anticipated in individuals undergoing high-risk surgical procedures, with preventive antibiotic therapy being given to forestall extensive bacterial invasion of the bloodstream.

By contrast, extensive bacteremia, when it is associated with the release of bacterial toxins into the circulation (septicemia; see also sepsis), can be a serious medical emergency leading to bacteremic shock and eventual vascular collapse.

Infection anywhere in the body may spread to the circulation, and the presence of organisms in the bloodstream bacteremia may lead to shock.