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Bacteria in the blood
- ... from body fluids that do not normally contain bacteria, such as blood, urine, or cerebrospinal fluid. A sample can also be taken from the site of a suspected infection, such as the ... skin. Bacteria are classified as either Gram-positive or Gram- ...
- ... of pus, or to the spread of the bacteria in the blood.
- ... cellulitis and epiglottitis, septic arthritis, osteomyelitis, pericarditis, and bacteremia. The small organisms live within cells (intracellular) as ...
- ... disease. Sources of the infection may be transient bacteremia, which is common during dental, upper respiratory, urologic, ...
- ... body, and spreads to the bone by the blood. Bacteria or fungus may sometimes be responsible for osteomyelitis.
- ... a life-threatening infection that occurs when the bacteria, Neisseria meningitidis, invades the blood stream. Bleeding into the skin (petechiae and purpura) ...
- ... a life-threatening infection that occurs when the bacteria Neisseria meningitidis invades the blood stream. Bleeding into the skin (petechiae and purpura) ...
- ... may be obtained to check for H pylori bacteria, a cause of many peptic ulcers. An actively bleeding ulcer may also be cauterized (blood vessels are sealed with a burning tool) during ...
- This picture shows the organism Pneumococci. These bacteria are ... courtesy of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.)
- ... exposes the ureters and kidney to infection from bacteria and ... blood pressure later in life. Vesicoureteral reflux is treated ...