Blood stream infections range from selflimiting infections to life threatening sepsis that requires rapid and aggressive antimicrobial treatment. A wide spectrum of organisms has been described that cause blood stream infections and this spectrum is subject to geographical alteration. Increasing antimicrobial resistance is a worldwide concern. The prevalence of resistance of blood borne isolate...

Although the count of circulating lymphocytes in the blood stream remains constant, more lymphocytes enter the blood from the thoracic duct during 24 hours than are present in the blood at any one time. This excess of lymphocytes is not destroyed in the blood stream. The cells migrate from the blood vessels into the mucous membranes and through them to their surface. This occurs chiefly in the ...

In rabbits subjected to profound damage of the blood-forming tissues by the use of benzene and mechlorethamine hydrochloride, no impairment of efficiency in the splanchnic removal of M. aureus from the blood stream could be demonstrated by a method involving catheterization of the hepatic vein. All evidence continues to indicate that a bacteriemia cannot be maintained unless the organisms are i...