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Septicemia

The presence of pathogenic bacteria or other microbes in the blood stream...a serious business, since most defences are focused outside the bloodstream and the infection has bypassed them either due to its virulence, the depth and severity of the original focal infection or the weakened state of the body's immunity and life energy. Blood poisoning.

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