Septicaemia

Septicaemia is the presence in the blood of pyogenic microorganisms and their toxins without the formation of ulcers in organs and tissues remote from the primary source of inflammation. The term is also used more broadly to refer to any blood poisoning.

Septicemia occurs when infection enters the bloodstream from the primary source of infection. Most often, the primary site is infected wounds, abscesses, pneumonia, or urinary tract infections. The danger of septicemia is that the infection quickly spreads throughout the body through the bloodstream, causing damage to vital organs.

Clinical manifestations of septicemia include fever, chills, rapid heartbeat, shortness of breath, and weakness. Without prompt treatment, septicemia can lead to septic shock, multiple organ failure, and death.

Diagnosis of septicemia involves blood culture to identify the pathogen and its sensitivity to antibiotics. Treatment consists of prescribing antibiotics, infusion therapy, and correction of hemodynamic disorders.

For comparison: pyaemia is a form of sepsis in which multiple abscesses form in various organs and tissues. Sapremia is blood infection with putrefactive toxins without the presence of living microorganisms. Toxemia is a general poisoning of the body by toxins of microbial or non-microbial origin.

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Septicemia is a serious and dangerous disease that causes blood poisoning (S. aureus). This disease is a serious form of infection and requires immediate medical attention.

What is septicemia? A septic infection is a massive bacterial infection that affects the blood and spreads throughout the body. It can be caused by various types of bacteria, such as Staphylococcus aureus or pneumococcus. Septic bacteria can cause an inflammatory environment to form at the site of the injury or wound. Some types of purulent infections, such as Staphylococcus aur, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, however, various bacteria can cause this infection. Staphylococci are often the cause of purulent infection (staph infection) in the operating room or at minor surgical incisions; pneumococci cause

Septicemia (from Latin septicum - pus and Greek haima - blood "purulent blood") - blood poisoning (sepsis) without pus getting into the wound. The main clinical symptom of septicemia is a severe general condition.

In medical reference books of the 19th and 20th centuries, the term “septicemia” (Latin Septicaemia - pus in the blood) was also widely used - the meaning of this term coincides with the previous one. Erisman himself considered it correct to use it in 1897, but it is less common in modern works. “Septicism” was not a common term then (synonyms include “sepsis-like complication of infection” or “infectious toxic syndrome”), and almost all works in the early 20th century appeared without specifying synonyms. For some time, in Russian medical texts they also used the term “pancassepsis”, which has the same meaning as the word “pyemia”. In some works you can find the term “pankestemia”. Such publications appear in publications of the 20th century, although this term does not appear very often: “Pankestemia by O. N. Verdina and I. G. Insarov” (“Russian Journal of Clinical Medicine”, number 42 (1), May 13, 365-370 ) ("Clinical Medicine", volume 5, issue, 4, p. 479); V. A. Valdman. “Secondary septicemia with specific skin lesions” (Proceedings of KUBSU, Series “Biology”, I series, part III, part II, Krasnodar 1955, p. 32). It is interesting to note in this regard the use of English words with the name of the author of the term “septic tank”.

The term "Pyemia" (ancient Greek πυεμία; πῦρ - fire and έμα - nourish) is a synonym for the Greek: both erizema and negrozna, first used by Sander in 950. It was also used by Gakmanus in 1733 - the designation now accepted is pyogemia as a homonymy of the term “sepsis”, which was used by many medical dictionaries of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.