I was just put on 6 weeks of antibiotics (ampicillin and ceftriaxone) for sepsis.
I thought I was coming down with an annual bug (so did the docs). 3 days after going into an urgent care where I was told I was negative for flu and covid, I went to the ER, where they drew blood. All 4 blood cultures returned positive for enterococcus faecalis.
The bacteria is very common in the intestines, but it's not clear (and probably never will be) how it made it into my bloodstream. Their best guess is inflammation in my gut allowing it to "leak" into the blood. This is after CT and ultrasounds of the abdomen.
29 years of no sepsis then.. random sepsis diagnosis!
I thought I was coming down with an annual bug (so did the docs). 3 days after going into an urgent care where I was told I was negative for flu and covid, I went to the ER, where they drew blood. All 4 blood cultures returned positive for enterococcus faecalis.
The bacteria is very common in the intestines, but it's not clear (and probably never will be) how it made it into my bloodstream. Their best guess is inflammation in my gut allowing it to "leak" into the blood. This is after CT and ultrasounds of the abdomen.
29 years of no sepsis then.. random sepsis diagnosis!