blood poisoning

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Before the development of penicillin, blood poisoning could follow even minor wounds with no cure available.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2025

The bacterium Staphylococcus aureus is one of the most common pathogens worldwide, which can cause severe bloodstream infections -- also called sepsis or blood poisoning.

From Science Daily • Jan. 18, 2024

She died later that night, Francois said, likely from sepsis, or blood poisoning by bacteria.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 25, 2023

If sepsis, or blood poisoning, occurs, the liver filters out more than 90 percent of the foreign material involved.

From Science Daily • Sep. 28, 2023

She plastered a Band-Aid across it and said, “There, you won’t die from blood poisoning at least.”

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd