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Descriptor
English
:
Endotoxemia
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Endotoxemia
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Endotoxemia
Tree Number:
C01.539.757.100.275
C01.539.861.375
C23.550.470.790.500.100.275
Definition
English
:
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.
Indexing Annotation
English
:
coordinate IM with specific bacterial
infection
heading (IM) or specific bacterium (IM) if precoordinated bacterial
infection
heading is not in MeSH; do not use
/blood
to cover -emia
See Related
English
:
Shock, Septic
History Note
English
:
97
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
BL
blood
CF
cerebrospinal fluid
CI
chemically induced
CL
classification
CO
complications
CN
congenital
DI
diagnosis
DH
diet therapy
DT
drug therapy
EC
economics
EM
embryology
EN
enzymology
EP
epidemiology
EH
ethnology
ET
etiology
GE
genetics
HI
history
IM
immunology
ME
metabolism
MI
microbiology
MO
mortality
NU
nursing
PS
parasitology
PA
pathology
PP
physiopathology
PC
prevention & control
PX
psychology
RA
radiography
RI
radionuclide imaging
RT
radiotherapy
RH
rehabilitation
SU
surgery
TH
therapy
TM
transmission
US
ultrasonography
UR
urine
VE
veterinary
VI
virology
Record Number:
32929
Unique Identifier:
D019446
Occurrence in VHL
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