Blood poisoning commonly describes septicemia, a condition in which a local infection moves into the bloodstream and spreads to organs. It can also be used to describe sepsis, a potentially ...

The skin forms a natural barrier that prevents bacteria entering the body. Severe burns stop this protective function from working properly, and germs can enter the blood more easily through the ...

Bacteremia, or blood poisoning, occurs when bacteria overcome the body’s immune defenses. Bacteremia can worsen into sepsis, a condition that accounts for more than 1 in 3 hospital deaths per year.

Bacterial contamination of blood for transfusions poses a serious risk to patients, particularly in resource-limited settings. 1 Blood centers in high-income nations use heat-sealed tubing to close ...

The toxin NheABC, produced by Bacillus cereus, is particularly active in the pH conditions found in open wounds. Researchers ...

The number of cases of meningitis and blood poisoning is decreasing, and this is clearly due to the inclusion, since 2006, of pneumococcal disease into the child immunization program. "Before it was ...