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Infections > Bacterial Infections and Mycoses > Bacterial Infections > Bacteremia > Endotoxemia
Infections > Sepsis > Bacteremia > Endotoxemia
... > Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms > Pathologic Processes > Inflammation > Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome > Sepsis > Bacteremia > Endotoxemia
... > Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms > Pathologic Processes > Shock > Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome > Sepsis > Bacteremia > Endotoxemia
Infections > Toxemia > Endotoxemia

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Endotoxemia  

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Note

  • coordinate with specific bacterial infection heading or specific bacterium if precoordinated bacterial infection heading is not in MeSH; do not use /blood to cover -emia

Scope note

  • A condition characterized by the presence of ENDOTOXINS in the blood. On lysis, the outer cell wall of gram-negative bacteria enters the systemic circulation and initiates a pathophysiologic cascade of pro-inflammatory mediators.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D019446

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