How to Use septicemia in a Sentence

septicemia

noun

• The patients had been suffering from septicemia 4-6 years before; many of them were now dead.
  — Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 20 Dec. 2014
• One developed septicemia, an infection on the blood stream.
  — Andrew Joseph, STAT, 1 Sep. 2022
• Once their prey succumbs to the twin threats of venom and septicemia, a hunting Komodo can take its sweet time finding the dead or dying animal.
  — Stephen C. George, Discover Magazine, 5 July 2023
• Meningococcal disease can cause meningitis if the bacteria infect the lining of the brain or spinal cord, or septicemia if the bacteria infect the blood.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 24 Oct. 2019
• The two most common types of meningococcal infections are meningitis and septicemia.
  — Howard Cohen, miamiherald, 13 Dec. 2017
• Most of these cases involve primary septicemia, or bacteria in the bloodstream.
  — Jen Christensen, CNN, 22 Oct. 2022
• The infection can lead to both meningitis and a serious infection of the bloodstream called septicemia, or blood poisoning.
  — Zenebou Sylla, CNN, 2 Sep. 2023
• The larva may be found in the liver, lungs and central nervous system, bringing about bacterial meningitis and septicemia.
  — Rebecca Kreston, Discover Magazine, 9 Sep. 2011
• Other members of the family include species that cause rabies and the fish disease viral hemorrhagic septicemia.
  — Mark Johnson, jsonline.com, 15 Dec. 2017
• Sepsis, also known as septicemia, is blood poisoning caused by bacteria entering the bloodstream, according to Johns Hopkins Medicine.
  — Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE.com, 17 Oct. 2019
• But some kids will also have bacterial infections: pneumonias, meningitis, and infections in their ears, urinary tract, and—in the case of more invasive infections such as septicemia—in the bloodstream.
  — Rachel Pearson, The New Yorker, 27 Dec. 2022
• Zimbabwe suspects a bacterial disease called hemorrhagic septicemia is behind the recent deaths of more than 30 elephants but is doing further tests to make sure, the parks authority said.
  — Reuters, CNN, 30 Sep. 2020
• Other illnesses such as lumpy skin disease and hemorrhagic septicemia have also been reported.
  — Okech Francis, Bloomberg.com, 1 Aug. 2017
• Information released on causes of death shows notable jumps after August 2017 of conditions such as heart disease, diabetes and septicemia, a blood infection caused by bacteria.
  — Arian Campo-Flores, WSJ, 13 June 2018
• But a much more serious and very rare strain of vibriosis, called Vibrio vulnificus, can cause wound infections or primary septicemia, a bloodstream infection characterized by blistering skin lesions and fever, the CDC reports.
  — Alex Stuckey, Houston Chronicle, 9 Jan. 2018
• The cutting can cause pain, shock, hemorrhage, tetanus or infection, urine retention, ulceration of the genital region and injury to adjacent tissue, wound infection, urinary infection, fever and septicemia.
  — Sarah Ladd, The Courier-Journal, 14 Jan. 2020
• These bacteria cause diseases such as urinary tract infections, dysentery, diarrhea, pneumonia, cholera, polio, septicemia and wound infections (5).
  — Rebecca Kreston, Discover Magazine, 9 May 2012
• Symptoms of meningococcal disease vary depending on whether someone develops septicemia or meningitis.
  — Korin Miller, Health.com, 11 Apr. 2022
• The study also found air pollution is related to hospitalizations caused by unexpected diseases such as septicemia, kidney failure, skin infections and urinary tract infections.
  — Gisela Crespo, CNN, 28 Jan. 2020
• This implies that the disease was probably not a severe acute bacterial infection (such as septicemia) or subacute endocarditis that would not resolved instantaneously.
  — Joseph Calamia, Discover Magazine, 12 Aug. 2010
• Altogether, anthrax infection comprises a range of possible manifestations including necrotizing fasciitis, systemic blood infections (septicemia), brain hemorrhage, and meningitis, an infection of the thin rubbery sheath of the brain, the meninges.
  — Rebecca Kreston, Discover Magazine, 30 Aug. 2014

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024