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Results 1 - 10 of 19 for Bacteria in the blood
  1. ... 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- ...
  2. ... of pus, or to the spread of the bacteria in the blood.
  3. ... cellulitis and epiglottitis, septic arthritis, osteomyelitis, pericarditis, and bacteremia. The small organisms live within cells (intracellular) as ...
  4. ... disease. Sources of the infection may be transient bacteremia, which is common during dental, upper respiratory, urologic, ...
  5. ... body, and spreads to the bone by the blood. Bacteria or fungus may sometimes be responsible for osteomyelitis.
  6. ... a life-threatening infection that occurs when the bacteria Neisseria meningitidis invades the blood stream. Bleeding into the skin (petechiae and purpura) ...
  7. ... a life-threatening infection that occurs when the bacteria, Neisseria meningitidis, invades the blood stream. Bleeding into the skin (petechiae and purpura) ...
  8. ... 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 ...
  9. This picture shows the organism Pneumococci. These bacteria are ... courtesy of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.)
  10. ... exposes the ureters and kidney to infection from bacteria and ... blood pressure later in life. Vesicoureteral reflux is treated ...
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