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Algorithm for treatment of a Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (CLABSI)

#CLABSI #Algorithm #CentralLine #Infection #Management #InfectiousDiseases
Line Associated Bloodstream ... Infection (CLABSI ... #CentralLine #Infection
Suspected catheter-related bloodstream infection - Management Algorithm
 • Temperature 37.8 C   • Rigors
catheter-related bloodstream ... infection - Management ... of metastatic infection ... of metastatic infection ... #catheter #bloodstream
Fusarium Infections
Acquired through:
1. Inhalation of airborne conidia > germinates > blood > disseminated
2. Trauma (implantation with
Fusarium Infections ... and growth in bloodstream ... manifestations of Fusarium infection ... require enucleation Infectious ... ID_fellows #Fusarium #Infections
Trypanosomiasis - Trypanosoma cruzi Life Cycle
1) Triatomine bug takes a blood meal (passes metacyclic trypomastigotes in
and enter the bloodstream ... amastigotes in new infection ... result from this infective
Strongyloides Stercoralis on sputum microscopy
As many suggested this was strongyloides stercoralis hyperinfection syndrome.
Infection is initiated by
Infection is initiated ... by infectious larvae ... travel through the bloodstream ... Infective larvae
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections ... Factors For NTM Infections ... Catheter related bloodstream ... infections • ... entry into the bloodstream
Candida Glabrata
Species of Candida Most Commonly Isolated in Bloodstream Infections
 • Symptomatic mucosal infection is detected
Commonly Isolated in Bloodstream ... Infections • ... Symptomatic mucosal infection ... urinary yeast infections ... • Serious infections
Elevated Lactate Dehydrogenase (LDH) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

LDH is a cytoplasmic enzyme present in tissues throughout
7 days in the bloodstream ... • Pulmonary infarction ... Renal: • Renal infarction ... • Toxins • Infection
Figure 1. The life cycle of Angiostrongylus cantonensis.
Rats, as definitive hosts, acquire A. cantonensis when the
the third-stage infective ... larvae enter the bloodstream ... eight weeks after infection ... into third-stage (infective ... tissues and enter bloodstream
Infective endocarditis - etiology and sources of infection. 
 • Native and prosthetic 
valve endocarditis
 •
Infective endocarditis ... and sources of infection ... • Soft tissue infections ... malignancy #Infective