Bacteremia

Sepsis continues to be a significant cause of death and morbidity in the intensive care unit (ICU), with documented mortality rates as high as 50% (Nargis, Ibrahim, & Ahamed, 2014). Moreover, it is also estimated to be the principal cause of death and illness worldwide (Singer et al., 2016). The socioeconomic costs related to sepsis in the United States were determined to be more than $20 billion in 2011 (Balk et al., 2017). Also, there has been a steady increase in the incidences of sepsis…

Arrived at 6:45 and left at 8:30: 13 hours On February 5th Amannie and I had the craziest day we have had this semester thus far. We immediately got our assignment with 5 patients 2 who were suppose to be discharged. I already knew having this workload it would be a pretty hectic day. We quickly teamed up and got report from 4 different nurses this morning. We had a new diagnosed man (K.M.) with AML who needed to get a bone marrow biopsy, x-ray, blood work, respiratory testing, and 2 IVs…

determining symptom or source of origin. In fact, there are a variety of symptoms associated with S. marcescens that include sepsis, headache, infection, fever, chills, nausea, excessive sweating, vomiting, shock, malaise, joint pain convulsions, death, Bacteremia, UTI, Empyema, Lymphadenitis, Endocarditis, Meningitis Peritonitis, and Respiratory distress (Celine 2010-2014). In fig-2 the patient had a low grade fever 1 to two weeks before the skin lesions appeared, followed by the cutaneous…

The nurse and other care providers play a key role in the prevention of hospital acquired infection (HAI). Urinary tract infection (UTI) accounts is the commonest accounting for 35% of all infections with 80% of them being associated to indwelling urinary catheter (Schneider, M. A. 2012). In this document, the author discusses the process of implementation evidence based change aimed at reducing the incidence of catheter associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI). Evidence based practice is a…

Listeria Monocytogene is a gram positive rod shaped organism which can cause serious infections like meningitis, invasive gastroenteritis and endocarditis. Every year 1600 people in United States get affected, with significant mortality of 260 people annually. Listeria gastroenteritis has the third highest mortality rate among all the food born infection. Invasive listeriosis most commonly affect Pregnant women, extreme of ages, people with co morbid disease and weakened immune response. We here…

What Now Pills or Video Games? Kids all over the world are being asked: “Do you have ADHD?”, if they cannot stay on task while doing class work or project. The answer is usually followed by question what does it mean. National Institute of Mental Health(NIMN) gives a definition :”Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common childhood disorders... difficulty staying focused and paying attention, difficulty controlling behavior, and hyperactivity (over-activity).” It…

Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background Of Study Oral health is a state of being free from infectious or disease and it has a profound effect on general health (Kiyoshi-Teo & Blegen,2015). According to Pettit, McCann, Schneiderman, Farren & Campbell (2012), there is association between chronic oral infection with the heart and lung disease. Patient with underlying disease such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is higher risk of aspiration of contaminated respiratory if oral care…

PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES Written by Ebru Erdogan Alper Buberci Helin Alagoz Abstract The purpose of this paper is to explain propionibacterium acne’s structural properties, to make its microbiological analysis, to mention where it can be found, especially on human body, its photosensitivity and to describe the diseases and some infections it can lead to under specific conditions. Introduction Propionibacterium acnes (P. acnes) is a bacteria that grows deep inside of pores, which is…

An infection happens when a foreign organism attacks a human body. There are different types of organisms that can cause us harm, for example; Viruses, Bacteria and Fungi. Not all infections are the same; some are mild while some can end up being life threatening. Also, infections can be contagious; they can be transmitted by a variety of ways, for example; skin contact, airborne particles, touching an object that an infected person has touched. One of the very common and effective ways to…

to cover for Pseudomonas c Bacteremia treat with beta-lactam and macrolide for Streptococcus pneumoniae c Possible multi-drug resistant bacterial pathogens use combination therapy - Empiric combination therapy should not be used for more than 3-5 days c Deescalate to the most appropriate single therapy as soon as susceptibility profile is known - Typical duration of therapy is 7-10 days c Longer courses may be appropriate in patients with slow clinical response, bacteremia with Staph Aureus, or…