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Penicillin-resistant staph infection in eyes spread through head. single antibiotics have failed. what would be the best antibiotic cocktail to take?
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Follow directions: If you truly have a resistant staph infection you probably need IV antibiotics and at very least IV vancomycin should work. Is an infectious disease specialist involved? Have cultures with antibiotic susceptibilities been done?
Answered 6/10/2014
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Depends: This depends on the drug sensitivity profile of the bacteria. See an infectious disease specialist.
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