cardiovascular related infection

Question 1

What is bacteraemia

Answer 1

presence of bacteria in blood

Happen frequent and transient

Question 2

define septicaemia

Answer 2

Blood poisoning which causes by large amount of bacteria entering the bloodstream

Question 3

What can septicaemia lead to

Answer 3

septic shock

Question 4

causation of septicaemia

Answer 4

infection in like
meningitis
pneumonia
UTI
gut-related infection celluliti9s and necrotising fasciitis
*All of the infections above migrate into the bloodstream which causes septicaemia

Question 5

discuss the aetiology of endocarditis

Answer 5

predisposition factor
- damaged heart valves
- replacement heart valves
- intravenous drug abuse
- long-term venous access

Organisms that causes:
viridian streptococci
enterococci
staphylococcus aureus
HACEK group