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a. Clinical judgement to guide prolongation of intensive phase if improvement is slow or if blood cultures remain positive at 7 days.
b. Defined as enlargement of any hilar or mediastinal lymph node to greater than 10mm diameter.
c. Defined as abscess anywhere other than skin, lungs, bone, CNS or vasculature; septic arthritis is considered a deep-seated collection.
d. Intensive phase duration is timed from date of most recent drainage or resection where culture of the drainage specimen or resected material grew B. pseudomallei or where no specimen was sent for culture; clock is not reset if specimen is culture-negative. On 1st October 2010, the minimum duration for deep-seated collection changed from 2 to 4 weeks from last such drainage/resection.
e. Most commonly presenting as mycotic aneurysm.
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