HTHSCI 2HH3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Upper Respiratory Tract Infection, Pericardial Friction Rub, Echovirus

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: HTHSCI 2HH3
• Professor: Kirsten Culver

Document Summary

** rare in the canadian context not many. * bacteremia may not be consistent with cv infectious but they are important to understand. Presence of bacteria in the bloodstream; may or may not be clinically significant. Self-resolving in clients with no underlying illness, immune deficiency or turbulent cardiac blood flow. Immune system responds, pathogen eradicated before the client experiences symptoms. Immune cells within blood stream will eradicate in situations like brushing teeth and having gums bleed. Generally not clinically significant in healthy patients. ** primary and secondary we worry about invasive infection. Is no other infection present that then moves into blood blood stream is the infection. Blood stream is primary site of infection. Often in iv drug use skin prep is not good. Microorganisms causing infection at another site (e. g. pneumonia, gastroenteritis) invade the blood stream and disseminate via the circulation. Can go on to clinically significant infection. Can become sepsis which is very serious.