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Investigations

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Authoring team

Attempt to identify infective organism:

  • multiple blood cultures - three sets should be obtained before starting antibiotics

  • culture from other sites: - any skin wound or possible source of infection - throat swabs - sputum - urine - CSF

  • chest radiograph - looking for infection

  • investigations for managing potential complications: - FBC - U+Es, creatinine - glucose - clotting screen, fibrinogen level, fibrin degradation products - LFTs - urinary electrolytes - arterial blood gases - ECG

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