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A [[clinical prediction rule]] aids in identifying patients with bacteremia from [[staphylococcus aureus]] who might develop [[bacterial endocarditis]].<ref name="pmid21653295">{{cite journal| author=Kaasch AJ, Fowler VG, Rieg S, Peyerl-Hoffmann G, Birkholz H, Hellmich M et al.| title=Use of a Simple Criteria Set for Guiding Echocardiography in Nosocomial Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia. | journal=Clin Infect Dis | year= 2011 | volume= 53 | issue= 1 | pages= 1-9 | pmid=21653295 | doi=10.1093/cid/cir320 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=21653295 }} </ref> | A [[clinical prediction rule]] aids in identifying patients with bacteremia from [[staphylococcus aureus]] who might develop [[bacterial endocarditis]].<ref name="pmid21653295">{{cite journal| author=Kaasch AJ, Fowler VG, Rieg S, Peyerl-Hoffmann G, Birkholz H, Hellmich M et al.| title=Use of a Simple Criteria Set for Guiding Echocardiography in Nosocomial Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia. | journal=Clin Infect Dis | year= 2011 | volume= 53 | issue= 1 | pages= 1-9 | pmid=21653295 | doi=10.1093/cid/cir320 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=21653295 }} </ref> | ||
Alternative methods of collecting blood cultures have been suggested.<ref>http://pubmed.gov/21499970</ref> | |||
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Revision as of 05:39, 17 January 2012
Bacteremia is the "presence of viable bacteria circulating in the blood. Fever, chills, tachycardia, and tachypnea are common acute manifestations of bacteremia. The majority of cases are seen in already hospitalized patients, most of whom have underlying diseases or procedures which render their bloodstreams susceptible to invasion."[1]
A clinical prediction rule aids in identifying patients who might have positive blood cultures.[2]
A clinical prediction rule aids in identifying patients with bacteremia from staphylococcus aureus who might develop bacterial endocarditis.[3]
Alternative methods of collecting blood cultures have been suggested.[4]
References
- ↑ Anonymous (2024), Bacteremia (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.
- ↑ Shapiro NI et al. Who Needs a Blood Culture? A Prospectively Derived and Validated Prediction Rule. Journal of Emergency Medicine. DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2008.04.001 (Accessed May 17, 2008).
- ↑ Kaasch AJ, Fowler VG, Rieg S, Peyerl-Hoffmann G, Birkholz H, Hellmich M et al. (2011). "Use of a Simple Criteria Set for Guiding Echocardiography in Nosocomial Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia.". Clin Infect Dis 53 (1): 1-9. DOI:10.1093/cid/cir320. PMID 21653295. Research Blogging.
- ↑ http://pubmed.gov/21499970