Septicaemia

So, there is a tendency for this infection to get into the bloodstream and cause what we call septicaemia and once there’s septicaemia, the individual would be prone to lots of other complications and many other life-threatening diseases.

Initial tests by ambulance officers showed it was likely septicaemia, an infection of the bloodstream.

Invasive meningococcal disease is an infectious disease known to cause meningitis and septicaemia, with a fatality rate up to 40% when resulting in sepsis.

Limb amputation is a potential side effect if septicaemia (blood poisoning) occurs.

Scabies can lead to secondary bacterial infections of the skin lesions, resulting in impetigo, skin abscesses and septicaemia.

Sheffield Children's Hospital patient Luke Mortimer, aged 10, lost both arms and legs after being struck by life-threatening septicaemia, also known as blood poisoning.

The mother-of-three was treated in hospital and discharged but died just days later from multi-organ failure after contracting septicaemia.

Gordon, 356 After several days of agony, Wollstonecraft died of septicaemia on 10 September.

The most likely cause of Cromwell's death was septicaemia following his urinary infection.