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
  • Most of these cases involve primary septicemia, or bacteria in the bloodstream.
    — Jen Christensen, CNN, 22 Oct. 2022
  • The two most common types of meningococcal infections are meningitis and septicemia.
    — Howard Cohen, miamiherald, 13 Dec. 2017
  • Meningococcal disease can progress into meningitis, which impacts the brain and spinal cord, and septicemia, which damages blood vessels.
    — The Enquirer, 23 Feb. 2024
  • 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
  • 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 infection can lead to both meningitis and a serious infection of the bloodstream called septicemia, or blood poisoning.
    — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 29 Mar. 2024
  • 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
  • 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
  • Other members of the family include species that cause rabies and the fish disease viral hemorrhagic septicemia.
    — Mark Johnson, jsonline.com, 15 Dec. 2017
  • Other illnesses such as lumpy skin disease and hemorrhagic septicemia have also been reported.
    — Okech Francis, Bloomberg.com, 1 Aug. 2017
  • The illness can often turn severe and lead to meningitis, which is an inflammation of the lining of the brain and spinal cord, or septicemia, a bloodstream infection.
    — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Symptoms of meningococcal disease vary depending on whether someone develops septicemia or meningitis.
    — Korin Miller, Health.com, 11 Apr. 2022
  • But people can develop serious forms of illness, such as meningitis (inflammation of the lining of the brain and spinal cord) or septicemia (a bloodstream infection).
    — Monique Calello, USA TODAY, 2 Sep. 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Since its discovery, there was a belief that the bite of a Komodo could be lethal because it was said that, in addition to its potential to inflict severe lacerations, the animal’s saliva was so bacteria-laden that infection and septicemia could disable or kill a deer or buffalo.
    — Craig Stanford, Big Think, 7 May 2026
  • 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
  • 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
  • In Massachusetts, hospitalizations for septicemia — the body’s catastrophic response to infection, a condition that is genuinely life-threatening and expensive to treat — have more than tripled since 2010, reaching more than 42,000 cases in the year ending last September.
    — Darshak Sanghavi, STAT, 3 June 2026

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