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What does meningococcemia mean?

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Noun
  1. Meningococcal septicemia, a form of sepsis caused by the bacterium Neisseria meningitidis.
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Whereas meningococcemia was formerly associated with pyogenic meningitis, the disease is now so fulminant that meningitis does not have time to become established.
The other is meningococcemia, which occurs when the bacteria enter the bloodstream and cause overwhelming organ failure.

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