blood poisoning
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More than a third of those affected - some babies and others as old as 90 - have needed hospital care, with two developing serious blood poisoning.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Meningococcal septicaemia, where patients become seriously ill with blood poisoning and inflammation of the brain, is classed as an urgent notifiable disease.
From BBC ● Mar. 17, 2026
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
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
