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I know another surgery is indicated after infection which will be problematic since the recent blood cultures never picked up P acnes. So it will be a guessing game.
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I had all sorts of tests to find infection during the year I had staph... blood cultures, nuclear medicine scans, etc., each more high tech than the last... and NOTHING picked it up. But, everytime they stopped antibiotics, it flared back up. Infections are sneeky little things. They like to play hide-and-seek. Antibiotics can break down their numbers to almost nothing and send them into hiding, but if just a couple of those guys find a good hiding spot, they will regrow and return. Unfortunately, there isn't any good way to know if it is gone, besides getting off antibiotics and hoping for the best. And even then, I've heard of them sitting dormant for several years before returning. You just have to be patient and hope for the best.
I know another surgery is indicated after infection which will be problematic since the recent blood cultures never picked up P acnes. So it will be a guessing game.
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I had all sorts of tests to find infection during the year I had staph... blood cultures, nuclear medicine scans, etc., each more high tech than the last... and NOTHING picked it up. But, everytime they stopped antibiotics, it flared back up. Infections are sneeky little things. They like to play hide-and-seek. Antibiotics can break down their numbers to almost nothing and send them into hiding, but if just a couple of those guys find a good hiding spot, they will regrow and return. Unfortunately, there isn't any good way to know if it is gone, besides getting off antibiotics and hoping for the best. And even then, I've heard of them sitting dormant for several years before returning. You just have to be patient and hope for the best.
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