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Healthcare-Associated Infections — DCE Clinical Case

DCE long-case clinical station: comprehensive assessment of a 68-year-old man who is day 7 post-emergency laparotomy for perforated sigmoid diverticulum and develops Pseudomonas aeruginosa catheter-related bloodstream infection and concurrent ventilator-associated pneumonia — covering the diagnostic strategy (paired blood cultures and differential time to positivity), the management of both foci, the central line and ventilator prevention bundles, the stewardship review of the preceding broad-spectrum antibiotic exposure, and the long-term prevention and quality improvement plan — structured for FRACP DCE and MRCP PACES.