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Septicemia vs Pyaemia - What's the difference?

septicemia | pyaemia |

In pathology terms the difference between septicemia and pyaemia

is that septicemia is a disease caused by the presence of pathogenic organisms, especially bacteria, or their toxins, in the bloodstream, characterised by chills and fever while pyaemia is a type of septicemia caused usually by the presence of Staphylococcus bacteria in the bloodstream; characterised by metastatic abscesses and other symptoms associated with septicemia.

septicemia

English

Alternative forms

* septicaemia *

Noun

(en noun)
  • (pathology) A disease caused by the presence of pathogenic organisms, especially bacteria, or their toxins, in the bloodstream, characterised by chills and fever.

    • Synonyms

    * blood poisoning * septic fever

    Derived terms

    * septicemic

    See also

    * sepsis * bacteraemia * pyemia ----

    pyaemia

    English

    (wikipedia pyaemia)

    Alternative forms

    *

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (pathology) A type of septicemia caused usually by the presence of Staphylococcus bacteria in the bloodstream; characterised by metastatic abscesses and other symptoms associated with septicemia.