mycobacteremia

English

Noun

mycobacteremia (countable and uncountable, plural mycobacteremias)

1. (pathology) The presence of mycobacteria in the blood
   • 2015 July 16, “High Genotypic Discordance of Concurrent Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates from Sputum and Blood of HIV-Infected Individuals”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     The lack of an association with particular strain lineages suggests that host factors predominate in the breakdown towards mycobacteremia.

Related terms

• mycobacteremic