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Abstract
A condition characterized by the presence of ENDOTOXINS in the blood. On lysis, the outer cell wall of gram-negative bacteria enters the systemic circulation and initiates a pathophysiologic cascade of pro-inflammatory mediators.
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- Endotoxemias
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.
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coordinate with specific bacterial infection heading or specific bacterium if precoordinated bacterial infection heading is not in MeSH; do not use /blood to cover -emia
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- Endotoxins (1966-1996)
- Septicemia (1966-1996)
- Shock, Septic (1968-1996)
- Toxemia (1966-1996)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Endotoxemia. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D019446. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D019446
- Endotoxemia. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5832599