Talk:Bloodstream infection

message: Yes I don't see anything in the Toxemia article that suggests it is something separate from Bacteremia. It should just be included here as an alternative term. There is some good work and links in it though, so it would benefit this article. Tyciol 15:14, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge Toxemia into Bacteremia

message: IMHO this probably needs to be expanded or just reworded - perhaps a more general causes should be listed, rather than "infecting via this way, this way, and this way are the causes" ... can't think of a way to do it however. 203.5.70.1 14:24, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  More to the causes section? 

message: septic shock involves all of the above plus organ failure despite fluid resuscitation.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.114.29.224 (talk) 04:50, 10 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Concequences section first paragraph incorrect 

message: As part of an elective class, a group of three of us will be editing this article over the course of the next four weeks. Sections have been assigned to particular team members within our group (OctoDocto, jfeeney11, CoolGuy555)
A rough timeline is as follows:
*  week 1 - planning of sections of Bacteremia page (done, see below)
*  week 2 - gather up to date information and sources
*  week 3 - make live edits
*  week 4 - respond to peer feedback, revise page''
Lead Paragraph (CoolGuy555) 
*  Define simply
*  Provide a few examples and define (i.e. define meningitis briefly instead of just linking to meningitis
*  Briefly discuss health consequences
Definition (OctoDocto)
* Transient versus intermittent vs persistent bacteremia
* Bacteremia versus sepsis
Causes (jfeeney11) 
* hospital acquired
* community acquired 
* describe common causes of each
* Causes often differ depending on pathogen
* Add epidemiologic data
* Image of bacteria in bloodstream
Consequences (CoolGuy555) - (rename as “Health Consequences”?)
* Considerations for bacteremia in infants vs. in adults
* Pediatric pneumococcal bacteremia (occult bacteremia, link out)
* Briefly describe sepsis and link out
* Briefly describe end-organ dysfunction and link out
* Briefly describe endocarditis and link out
* Briefly describe septic emboli and link out
* Briefly describe septic arthritis and link out
* Briefly describe meningitis and link out
* Briefly describe osteomyelitis and link out
Clinical presentation (OctoDocto)
* Relevant physical exam findings (ie.for meningococcemia) 
Diagnosis (OctoDocto)
* See uptodate section on blood cultures for diagnosis of bacteremia
* Add citations for diagnosis
* Discuss common skin contaminants
* Image of bacterial culture
Treatment (jfeeney11)
* when to treat certain types of bacteremia
* Common antibiotics
Octodocto (talk) 06:35, 28 November 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  WikiMedicine Elective Project: Bacteremia 

message: Hey jfeeney11, 
I just read through your 2 sections and come up with some comments for my peer review. Please use them as you see fit.
•	Causes section
o	Consider adding info to define community-acquired and healthcare associated
o	Consider formatting to break up text into sections, like subheading or lines to make gram positive bacteremia a distinct chunk of info from the rest.
o	This sentence: “Causes of gram negative bacteremia can also be categorized as community-acquired or healthcare-associated,” can probably come out as the first sentence implies this categorization.
•	Treatments section
o	Maybe add a line about consideration of allergic reactions when selecting an empiric antibiotic. This is sort of assumed, but maybe worth mentioning since it comes up so often clinically.
o	Maybe visually break this up into gram positive / gram negative.
o	Consider mentioning use of gram staining when deciding how to treat, the above Dx section just talks about culture for definitive diagnosis.
o	Consider including some info about the above categorization of community-acquired and healthcare-associated can affect selection of antibiotics.
•	General comments
o	There is a lot of info here. It could help to use subheadings or some visual features to break up the info if the general reader comes to this page with a specific goal in mind.
•	Current language appropriate for a medical audience, but likely too advanced for general audience.
Matthewdizon-89 (talk) 03:37, 12 December 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Peer Reviews 

message: Hallo all,
this page is a redirect from the page on "bloodstream infections", however bloodstream infections is not just infections caused by bacteria!
I find it a bit strange that bloodstream infections links to bacteremia alone? What about fungal infections in the blood??
This is very strange and wrong to be honest.
Garnhami (talk) 20:30, 5 May 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  bloodstreaminfections? What?