What is bacteremia

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We all know that once a person is infected with bacteria, his body will soon cause many kinds of diseases. In fact, when a kind of bacteria enters his body, he will start to look for a target. The disease is not far away from us. Let's talk about what bacteremia is.

What is bacteremia

First, bacteremia refers to the presence of microorganisms in the blood. Most of the bacteria entered the blood from the local focus. It mainly occurs in the early stage of inflammation. Macrophages from liver, spleen and bone marrow can form a defense line to remove bacteria. It refers to the external bacteria that enter the blood system through the entrance of the body surface or infection, propagate in the human blood and spread in the whole body with the blood flow, and the consequences are very serious.

Second: Generally speaking, catheters or surgical stomas on the body surface are prone to bacteremia. Patients with bacteremia often have acute multiple organ metastatic infection, and a variety of acute infection symptoms. Once suspected, blood test should be taken immediately, and the infected bacteria should be treated immediately after diagnosis.

Third: gram negative bacteremia is more common in patients with chronic diseases and immune impairment, but the blood flow of these patients can also be infected by aerobic bacteria, anaerobic bacteria and fungi. Bacteroides can be complicated with abdominal and pelvic infections, especially when the female genital tract is infected.

matters needing attention

The clinical manifestation of bacteremia is very obvious, and it is easy to have low temperature and fever. Bacteremia can be prevented. Generally, if there is an obvious suppurative disease, it can be cleared as soon as possible. For this kind of disease, we must strengthen the protection.