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Is Metronidazole 500 Mg Good Drug For For Clostridium Hastiforme Infection?.

A patient s blood culture result showed Clostridium hastiforme. The pateint is a dialysis patient. he has a good functioning AV fistula for dialysis access. No fever. AV fistula site is atraumatic. Patient s WBC has been 12.00 for 3 months. My plan is to treat patient with Metronidazole 500 mg BID for 2 weeks. Is this an appropriate treatment? Thank You Trudy Oster NP
Fri, 12 Aug 2016
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First of all,what is the reason for ordering blood culture when patient is not having fever. If you rule out contamination of sample, you can treat with metronidazole safely. All the best.
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Is Metronidazole 500 Mg Good Drug For For Clostridium Hastiforme Infection?.

First of all,what is the reason for ordering blood culture when patient is not having fever. If you rule out contamination of sample, you can treat with metronidazole safely. All the best.