Understanding Sepsis and Septicemia

Infection localized in the lungs

Bacterial infection in the bloodstream

Systemic illness caused by septicemia

Life-threatening organ dysfunction due to a dysregulated host response to infection (correct)

Fungemia

Viremia

Bacteremia (correct)

Parasitemia

When a viral infection enters the bloodstream

When a bacterial infection elsewhere in the body enters the bloodstream (correct)

When an infection is localized in a specific organ

When an infection affects only the skin

<p>Sepsis (overwhelming infection) or localize into lungs causing pneumonia or into meninges causing meningitis</p> Signup and view all the answers

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