Does bacteremia mean the same thing as septicemia?

No: Septicemia is a disease; bacteremia can be present, for a short time and without causing disease, in many cases, including right after dental treatment.

Not quite: Bacteremia is bacteria in the blood stream, whereas septicemia is circulating bacterial products or toxins.

Generally yes: Although fungi and viruses can cause sepsis syndrome, most commonly bacteremia (bacteria in the blood stream) causes septicemia (the immune consequence of microbes in the blood stream.).

No: Septicemia is defined as the presence of bacterial toxins in the blood stream while bacteremia is the presence of bacteria in the blood stream.