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My boyfriend was diagnosed with a blood infection im trying to get info on it, it sounds like grandpasacockye?
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?Gram positive Cocci: These are types of bacteria called gram positive cocci, and are many types: streptococci and staphylococci. Each group are also further classified. Blood infection through their toxins or/and their presence in the blood need IV antibiotics and the doctors will start broad spectrum antibiotics, do cultures from the blood and the source of infection, and tailor the antibiotics to specific bacteria.
Answered 6/10/2014
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