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What's the difference between septicemia, and sepsis?
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Basically same: Sepsis is a term which means the body's reaction to an infection. There are specific criteria - like fever, high white cells, breathing fast, and a fast heart rate - that, when combined with infection, mean sepsis. Septicemia is an older term for the same thing.
Answered 9/10/2018
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