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Infections > Bacterial Infections and Mycoses > Mycoses > Invasive Fungal Infections > Fungemia
Infections > Sepsis > Fungemia
... > Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms > Pathologic Processes > Inflammation > Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome > Sepsis > Fungemia
... > Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms > Pathologic Processes > Shock > Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome > Sepsis > Fungemia

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Fungemia  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Note

  • coord with specific fungus/infect heading or specific fungus if specific fungus infect is not in MeSH (do not use /blood to indicate -emia)

Scope note

  • The presence of fungi circulating in the blood. Opportunistic fungal sepsis is seen most often in immunosuppressed patients with severe neutropenia or in postoperative patients with intravenous catheters and usually follows prolonged antibiotic therapy.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D016469

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