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Old Tue Apr 26, 2016, 11:09 AM
Marlene Marlene is offline
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Greg....do you have a central line or PICC line installed? If so, they usually want to culture it for a potential infected line/port. An infection in the central line has a a direct path to your blood system and heart making you much more open to sepsis. They would culture the lines before starting any antibiotic because once you start treatment, the cultures usually won't show anything. And in some cases, they'll pull the line if there's an infection in it.
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Marlene, wife to John DX w/SAA April 2002, Stable partial remission; Treated with High Dose Cytoxan, Johns Hopkins, June 2002. Final phlebotomy 11/2016. As of July 2021 HGB 12.0, WBC 4.70/ANC 3.85, Plts 110K.
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