What is a medical term referring to the presence of pathogenic organisms in the bloodstream, leading to blood poisoning?
Blood culture patient. The blood is also subcultured or "subbed" onto agar plates to isolate the pathogenic organism for culture and susceptibility testing, which takes up to three days. This culture and sensitivity process identifies the species of bacteria. Antibiotic susceptibilities are then assessed on the bacterial isolate to inform clinicians with respect to appropriate antibiotics for treatment. Blood culture Blood culture is a microbiological culture of blood. It is employed to detect infections that are spreading through the bloodstream (such as bacteremia, septicemia amongst others). This is possible because the bloodstream is usually a sterile environment. Blood cultures were pioneered in
Pathogenic fungus Pathogenic fungus Pathogenic fungi are fungi that cause disease in humans or other organisms. Approximately 300 fungi are known to be pathogenic to humans. The study of fungi pathogenic to humans is called "medical mycology". Although fungi are eukaryotic, many pathogenic fungi are microorganisms. The study of fungi and other organisms pathogenic to plants is called plant pathology. "Candida" species cause infections in individuals with deficient immune systems. Th1-type cell-mediated immunity (CMI) is required for clearance of a fungal infection. "Candida albicans" is a kind of diploid yeast that commonly occurs among the human gut microflora. "C. albicans" is an