BACTEREMIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bacteremia mean? 

• BACTEREMIA (noun)
  The noun BACTEREMIA has 1 sense:

1. transient presence of bacteria (or other microorganisms) in the blood

  Familiarity information: BACTEREMIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BACTEREMIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Transient presence of bacteria (or other microorganisms) in the blood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

bacteremia; bacteriaemia; bacteriemia

Hypernyms ("bacteremia" is a kind of...):

pathology (any deviation from a healthy or normal condition)

Domain category:

micro-organism; microorganism (any organism of microscopic size)

Derivation:

bacteremic (of or relating to or having bacteremia)

 Context examples 

E. acetylicum has been isolated from skin, wounds, and cerebrospinal fluid and has also been reported in hospital acquired catheter related bacteremia.

(Exiguobacterium acetylicum, NCI Thesaurus)

In humans, this bacteria is most commonly responsible for wound infections, urinary tract infections, bacteremia, diarrhea, and pleural infections.

(Escherichia fergusonii, NCI Thesaurus)

F. gonidiaformans is most commonly isolated from urogenital and intestinal tracts in humans and is pathogenic, most commonly linked to peritonsillar infection and bacteremia.

(Fusobacterium gonidiaformans, NCI Thesaurus)

G. sputi is an opportunistic pathogen, causing endocarditis and bacteremia in surgical and catheterized patients.

(Gordonia sputi, NCI Thesaurus)

K. oxytoca is pathogenic, causing urinary tract infections, and is one of the major causes of neonatal bacteremia and septicemia.

(Klebsiella oxytoca, NCI Thesaurus)

H. cinaedi is found in the normal gut flora of hamsters and is an opportunistic pathogen in immunocompromised patients causing fever, gastroenteritis, bacteremia and recurrent cellulitis.

(Helicobacter cinaedi, NCI Thesaurus)

E raffinosus has been identified in numerous human specimens associated with bacteremia though its natural habitat has not been identified.

(Enterococcus raffinosus, NCI Thesaurus)

C. xerosis is commensal to the nasopharynx and skin in humans and is known to cause bacteremia, soft tissue infections, endocarditis, pharyngitis, and pneumonia especially in immunocompromised persons.

(Corynebacterium xerosis, NCI Thesaurus)

C. davisae is pathogenic to immunocompromised patients causing super infections and nosocomially acquired bacteremia.

(Cedecea davisae, NCI Thesaurus)

C. fetus is an opportunistic microbe that causes bacteremia, thrombophlebitis, septicemia, and is a suspected pathogen in immunocompromised patients with gastrointestinal symptoms.

(Campylobacter fetus, NCI Thesaurus)