Book chapter
Bacteremia
Acute Care Surgery and Trauma, pp.711-720
CRC Press, 2
2016
DOI: 10.1201/b19015-70
Abstract
This chapter reviews the literature concerning risk factors, the diagnosis, management, and prognosis of blood stream infections and provides recommendations as supported by the level of evidence. Bacteremia, the presence of bacteria in the bloodstream, was described more than a century ago by Libman, in 1897. Acteremia may occur after tooth brushing up to 50% depending on the intensity, while periodontal surgeries may be associated with an incidence rate of bacteremia as high as 90%. The pretest probability of bacteremia in a patient with meningitis is 0.53, in a patient with pyelonephritis is 0.19–0.25 while in patients with community-acquired pneumonia is 0.07 and cellulitis is 0.02. Patients with septic shock have a pretest probability of bacteremia of 0.69, and patients with sepsis have a probability of 0.39. A number of interventions and procedures increase patients at risk for bacteremia, particularly in intensive care unit.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Bacteremia
- Creators
- Spyridon FortisGreg J Beilman
- Contributors
- Stephen M Cohn (Editor)Matthew O Dolich (Editor)Kenji Inaba (Editor)
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Publication Details
- Acute Care Surgery and Trauma, pp.711-720
- Edition
- 2
- Publisher
- CRC Press
- DOI
- 10.1201/b19015-70
- Alternative title
- Bacteremia
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2016
- Academic Unit
- Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Occupational Medicine; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984362745102771
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