Meningococcemia Definition

Meningococcemia Sentence Examples

• The diagnosis of meningococcemia can be made by the growth of the organism from blood cultures.

• Meningococcemia is the presence of meningococcus in the bloodstream.

• Meningococcemia, a relatively uncommon infection, occurs most commonly in children and young adults.

• From there, it can penetrate into the bloodstream to the central nervous system and cause meningitis or develop into a full-blown bloodstream infection (meningococcemia).

• Rarely, a low-grade bloodstream infection called chronic meningococcemia can occur.