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A member asked:
How long can you live with sepsis if iv antibiotics can't cure the infection but oral antibiotics are used to slow the spread of infection?
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Maybe forever: If the doctors have switched to oral treatment, the sepsis itself probably is under control or cured. Continuing oral antibiotics probably is intended to cure whatever underlying infection led to sepsis, or keep it suppressed if not cured. The details depend on that underlying infeciton, different for each one: pneumonia, urinary tract, skin, bone, internal abscess, etc. Discuss with doctors.
Answered 8/31/2020
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