Question

True or False.

Septicemia is more serous in general than bacteremia.

Answer 1

true.

when bacteria or other microrganism enters blood stream along with their toxins or poisonous protein, the term called as septicemia. septicemia leads to infection that causes fever and other serious compication for individual. in septicemia, bacterial multiplication leads to infection.

when bacteria is present in blood. it is called as bacteremia (not poison the blood). this may occure though sergical process or injection but bacteria are not producing toxic. hence they can not infect.