Abacteriemic
Definition
A medical term describing the state of an organism or circulating blood in which no viable bacteria are present. It is used clinically to confirm the absence of a systemic infection disseminated through the bloodstream or to describe the complete remission phase of a patient successfully treated for bacteremia, where repeated blood cultures turn negative.
Bilingual Equivalents
- Abacteriemic
- Bacteremia-free
Grammatical & Source Details
| Inflection Type | Four-form variable adjective adapting to gender and number (abacteriemic / abacteriemică / abacteriemici / abacteriemice). |
| Formation | Formed from prefix 'a-' (without) and the adjective 'bacteriemic' (bacteriemic). |
| Spelling / Pronunciation | [ey-bak-tuh-ree-ee-mik] |
| Source | Journal of Infectious Diseases -> Criteria for Sterility in Post-Antimicrobial Therapies |
Contextual Usage Examples
RO: După cinci zile de tratament antibiotic intravenos, pacientul a devenit abacteriemic, starea sa clinică îmbunătățindu-se semnificativ.
EN: After five days of intravenous antibiotic treatment, the patient became abacteriemic, with his clinical status improving significantly.
RO: Proba de control a indicat un status abacteriemic, eliminând suspiciunea de endocardită infecțioasă acută.
EN: The control sample indicated an abacteriemic status, eliminating the suspicion of acute infectious endocarditis.
Idioms & Phrases
Status abacteriemic / Abacteriemic status
RO: Starea clinică confirmată prin teste de laborator care atestă că sângele pacientului nu conține culturi bacteriene active.
EN: The clinical condition confirmed by laboratory tests verifying that the patient's blood contains no active bacterial cultures.
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