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bacteraemia, bacteremia |
batteriemia |
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| 1. presence of bacteria in the bloodstream. It may be transient, intermittent, or continuous. Transient bacteremia may result from dental procedures such as root planing or tonsillectomy, or it may accompany the early phases of many infections. Continuous bacteremia is a feature of endocarditis. 2. presence of bacteria in the blood (for example, as occurs during root planning of the tooth of a patient with rheumatism who has not been prophylactically premedicated with antibiotics). |
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