Bacteraemic infection

Question 1

Why is acute pancreatitis often accompanied by peritonitis and septicaemia?

Answer 1

Pancreatic enzymes can accumulate in the paracolic gutters and cause disgestion of the gut and blood vessels

Question 2

What are common organisms that infect from the oral cavity?

Answer 2

Streptococci

Question 3

What are common organisms that infect from the airways?

Answer 3

Streptococci and haemophilus influenzae

Question 4

What are common organisms that infect from the GI tract?

Answer 4

E coli, Salmonella, Campylobacter

Question 5

What are common bacteria that cause UTI?

Answer 5

E coli and klebsiella pneumoniae

Question 6

How is septicaemia diagnosed?

Answer 6

By multiple blood cultures as more taken the more likely it is to yield a positive culture

Question 7

What is the treatment of septicaemia?

Answer 7

Giving IV fluids, broad spectrum antibiotics such as metronidazole and then specific e.g. flucloxacillin for S aureus