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septicaemia

[ UK /sˌɛptɪkˈiːmi‍ə/ ]
NOUN
  1. invasion of the bloodstream by virulent microorganisms from a focus of infection

How To Use septicaemia In A Sentence

  • Various wound infections, including septicaemia, pyaemia, acute abscesses, ulcers, erysipelas, etc., are produced by a few forms of micrococci, resembling each other in many points but differing slightly. The Story of Germ Life
  • In patients with superimposed bacterial infection, septicaemia develops and is associated with increased morbidity and mortality.
  • It would also protect against septicaemia in which bacteria multiply unchecked in the blood, possibly causing death without prompt treatment.
  • All failed to diagnose septicaemia. Times, Sunday Times
  • The possibility of vomiting as a result of meningitis or meningococcal septicaemia is a constant anxiety. Times, Sunday Times
  • It may present as a localised infection or involve a single organ or as generalised septicaemia.
  • The most common forms of the bug were now strain C of the bacterial meningococcal meningitis and its blood poisoning relative, septicaemia.
  • They are rather sinister creatures that like to stalk their prey as it dies a slow, lingering death from septicaemia caused by their vicious bite. The Sun
  • He has had pneumonia and septicaemia since he was diagnosed at eight months. The Sun
  • They are rather sinister creatures that like to stalk their prey as it dies a slow, lingering death from septicaemia caused by their vicious bite. The Sun
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