Assertion: tularemia | /r/HasProperty | suspected
Facets:
value: than awaiting results of serologic testing
type: OTHER
value: clinically
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: When tularemia is clinically suspected, the healthcare worker will collect specimens, such as blood or sputum, from the patient for testing in a diagnostic or reference laboratory.
text: Once tularemia is suspected, local and state health officials must be notified in order to launch an immediate field and epidemiological investigation.
text: Patients should have cultures of blood and relevant clinical material (eg, sputum, lesions); routine cultures may be negative, and the laboratory should be notified that tularemia is suspected so that appropriate media can be used (and appropriate safety precautions ensured).
text: The microbiologist must be informed when tularemia is suspected because F. tularensis requires special media for cultivation, such as buffered charcoal and yeast extract (BCYE).
text: The microbiologist must be informed when tularemia is suspected because F. tularensis requires special media for cultivation, such as buffered charcoal and yeast extract (BCYE).
text: Laboratory personnel should be alerted when tularemia is suspected.
text: Health care providers should alert microbiology laboratory personnel if tularemia is suspected, as it highly infectious, and laboratory workers have a high risk of acquiring infection.
text: Antibiotic therapy should be initiated as soon as tularemia is suspected rather than awaiting results of serologic testing.
text: Patients should have cultures of blood and relevant clinical material (eg, sputum, lesions); routine cultures may be negative, and the laboratory should be notified that tularemia is suspected so that appropriate media can be used (and appropriate safety precautions ensured).
text: Health care providers should alert microbiology laboratory personnel if tularemia is suspected, as it highly infectious, and laboratory workers have a high risk of acquiring infection.
text: Antibiotic therapy should be initiated as soon as tularemia is suspected rather than awaiting results of serologic testing.
text: The microbiologist must be informed when tularemia is suspected because F. tularensis requires special media for cultivation such as buffered charcoal and yeast extract (BCYE).
text: tularemia is suspected.
text: Cases have developed in laboratory workers, who should be notified in advance to safely handle specimens when tularemia is suspected.
text: In vitro susceptibility testing has shown that the quinolones have great promise in treating tularemia, and reports exist of patients who responded well to fluoroquinolones prior to tularemia being suspected.
text: Patients should have cultures of blood and relevant clinical material (eg, sputum, lesions); routine cultures may be negative, and the laboratory should be notified that tularemia is suspected so that appropriate media can be used (and appropriate safety precautions ensured).
text: If tularemia is suspected, bacterial cultures of any infected material can indicate Francisella tularensis.