septicemic plague

noun, Pathology

an especially dangerous form of plague in which the infecting organisms invade the bloodstream.

Compare plague (def 2).

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Flash animation of pneumonic plague entering the blood stream and becoming septicemic plague.
septicemic plague is the second form and occurs when bacteria enter the blood stream.
septicemic plague occurs when the bacteria multiply in the blood.
The disease may progress to a generalized blood infection called septicemic plague.
It will progress to the bloodstream and cause septicemic plague.
Pneumonic infection can also occur if bubonic or septicemic plague continues untreated and spreads to the lungs.
May also occur if bubonic or septicemic plague continues untreated and spreads to the lungs.
Lung involvement is possible with bubonic or septicemic plague.
septicemic plague is characterized by bacteria in the blood with no apparent bubo.
septicemic plague occurs when plague bacteria multiply in the blood.

septicemic plague in Medicine

septicemic plague n.
A usually fatal form of bubonic plague in which the bacilli are present in the bloodstream and cause toxemia.