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How common is septicemia as complication for a bacterial infection?
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Not common: In most cases, bacterial infections do not cause sepsis.
Answered 3/26/2013
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Depends: What bacteria, what type of infection, in whom? Septicemia means bacteria multiplying in the bloodstream. It can potentially occur in almost any form of bacterial infection but is not easily predictable.
Answered 11/12/2012
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