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[|Human|] My 70 yr old husband had diarrhea with 104.7 temp, lack of appetite, very dehydrated but no abd pain. CT showed collapsed gallbladder . He was on cipro for (chronic) ear infection 1 day when this began. Stool culture showed no c diff or salmonella but a blood culture was positive for gram + rods after 3 days. He is now on flagyll, lomotil, and sulpha antibiotic for ear infection. A gallbladder test is scheduled in 2 days. He continues to have fatigue and low grade fever on day 7. Blood culture repeated yesterday. Is this related to the gallbladder? Are we moving too slowly?
[|AI|]  Hi welcome to Chat Doctor forum. Dear miss, Positive blood culture is a serious finding. And first thing to do is broad spectra antibiotic treatment, intravenous if possible. Second thing to do is to find the source of infection, it can be intra-abdominal but also urinary or lung infections too. So you should focus on these 3. When the source is found and the right cause identified then more accurate antibiotic can be used.  Wish you good health.