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Suggest Treatment For Staph Infection Of The Blood

my grandmother is in icu she has a staph infection of the blood dr are trying to give her a medication that says it treats only the intestines and could cause hearing loss and lots more problems then good it like since she older they dont want to do as much thw medications name is dancomycin have you heard of this
Mon, 15 Dec 2014
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The staphylococcus infection when disseminates to blood stream causes sepsis which requires ventilatory/ICU support. The best what can be advised is that her blood culture at regular intervals need to be drawn and sent for routine aerobic/anaerobic culture or automated Bactec/Phoenix system. Then according to the susceptibility results the drugs with less side effects can be given. Pro-calcitonin levels needs to be monitored regularly as it will help in prognosis. There is no drug as dancomycin but it is daptomycin which is given for complicated cases. All the best. Happy to take more queries.
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Suggest Treatment For Staph Infection Of The Blood

Thanks for query at HCM The staphylococcus infection when disseminates to blood stream causes sepsis which requires ventilatory/ICU support. The best what can be advised is that her blood culture at regular intervals need to be drawn and sent for routine aerobic/anaerobic culture or automated Bactec/Phoenix system. Then according to the susceptibility results the drugs with less side effects can be given. Pro-calcitonin levels needs to be monitored regularly as it will help in prognosis. There is no drug as dancomycin but it is daptomycin which is given for complicated cases. All the best. Happy to take more queries.