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What is infection? |
Invasion of living tissue by harmful organism |
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What is inflammation? |
Reaction of vascularized living tissue to injury |
Protective mechanism |
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What is chemical mediators? |
Compound generate at site of tissue injury & derived cellular and plasma cells |
Eg. Histamine, prostaglandin, leukotriene |
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Toxaemia |
Circulation of bacterial toxins in blood |
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Bacteraemia |
Presence of bacteria in blood stream |
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Septicaemia |
Presence of large number of proliferating bacteria with their toxins in blood |
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Pyaemia |
Presence of multiple septic emboli circulate in blood produce multiple pyemic abscesses or septic infarction in different organs |
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