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Explain what is meant by systemic infection and localised infection?
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Spreading infection: Localized infection means in one place usually. For example, an abscess or urinary tract infection. Systemic infection starts out localized but then without treatment or if the immune system is not working properly, it has spread to other places either directly or through the blood stream usually.
Answered 11/2/2019
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