bacteriemia


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Related to bacteriemia: septicemia, sepsis
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Noun1.bacteriemia - transient presence of bacteria (or other microorganisms) in the bloodbacteriemia - transient presence of bacteria (or other microorganisms) in the blood
microorganism, micro-organism - any organism of microscopic size
pathology - any deviation from a healthy or normal condition
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Two Cases of Bacteriemia Caused by Nontoxigenic, Non-O1, Non-O139 Vibrio cholerae Isolates in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
In a prospective study conducted in our country in 2004 in which 829 febrile neutropenia attacks were evaluated in 24 centers, it was reported that an MDI was found in 32% of the attacks, bacteriemia was found in 21%, and Gram-positive agents were isolated more frequently (24).
La busqueda de articulos se llevo a cabo teniendo en cuenta los siguientes descriptores DeCS, creados por BIREME en espanol e ingles: "Streptococcus agalactiae", "Streptococcus Grupo B", "Bacteremia", "Bacteriemia", "Peripartum Period", "Periodo Periparto", "Pregnancy complications", "Infectious" y "Complicaciones Infecciosas del embarazo".