father has pneumoniaand now gram negative blood infection
Need information on gram negative bacteria in blood?
Some pneumonias are caused by gram negative organisms. Apparently, the organmisms were invasive and seeped into the blood stream via the alveoli in the lungs. Also, strep. pneumonia can be a secondary infection. The gram negative bacteria in the blood could be indicative of another infection else where in the body. It is a good thing that the doctors are aware of the bacteria in his blood, also known as bacteremia. Do not worry to much about it. There are medications that can be used to eliminate the bacteria. The doctors will isolate where the bacteria came from and treat the cause of the bacteremia. Most likely, your father has another infection elsewhere that caused the pneumonia.
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Reply:Your dads pneumonia is probably really bad and bacteria slipped into his blood stream. They call this sepsis. The doctor collects a sample of his sputum to see if his sputum also contains a gram negative bacteria and bingo, you have the cause of gm negative sepsis. If the sputum culture does not grow a gram negative bacteria, the doctor will start looking in other places such as the urinary tract or an open wound or any other possible port of infection.
which may have caused gram negative bacteria to get into the blood stream.
Im not crazy, although sometimes I think I am, but I am a nurse in a hospital.
lady slipper
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