formal IDS consultation, compared with informal or lack of IDS consultation, reduces risk for new bacteremia episodes and improves long-term prognosis up to 10 years.
why?
This is due to the importance of deep infection localization and eradication and the possible relationship between the concentration of undiagnosed infection and mortality frequently in SAB: Kindly check the following RG link:
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In which it had been shown a strong association with a formal consultation with the disease-detection system and radiological examinations, which resulted in the determination of a deep infection focus of up to 78%.
- Active searching for subclinical disseminated infection, including IE
- Follow-up blood cultures
- Changes in antibiotic therapy according to sensitivity, source of infection, inoculum effect, Pk/Pd, etc
Juan Sebastián Peinado-Acevedo
Hi, Dr. Peinado-Acevedo,
SA bacteremia can be considered a critical condition, as SA is invariably virulent (of course, there are less hostile strains). If the SA clone circulating in the community and hospital is unknown, the important thing is to observe the behavior of bacteremias caused by SA - the rate of complications, such as persistent bacteremia, metastatic lesions, etc. Therefore, the best thing would be to identify the circulating clone(s) to know if it is a virulent strain.
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