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Usually catheter associated bacteremia, urinary tract infection and wound infections.
Bacteremia is the condition of having bacteria in the bloodstream.
Bacteremia is diagnosed by culturing the blood for bacteria
Bacteremia is an invasion of the blood stream with bacteria.
Sepsis is another term meaning bacteremia.
ICD 9 CM code for Bacteremia 790.7
People in good health with strong immune systems rarely develop bacteremia
In some cases, bacteremia leads to septic shock, a potentially life-threatening condition
bacteremia. bacteria in the blood is called bacteremia
"Bacter" refers to bacteria, "emia" refers to a condition of the blood. Therefore, "bacteremia" means the presence of bacteria in the blood.
790.7
Symptoms of bacteremia are fever, chills, mental confusion, anxiety, rapid heart beat, hyperventilation, blood clotting problems, and shock.