21. Other specialists advocate longterm treatment with intravenous antibiotics, which may penetrate the nervous system better. 22. Prior to approval of the drug, the standard treatment for lung infections was to hospitalize patients and put them on intravenous antibiotics. 23. She was hospitalized for days, connected to tubes delivering intravenous antibiotics and draining the fluid that was swelling her abdomen, making her look four months pregnant. 24. She was sent home with orders for intravenous antibiotics. 25. She was treated with intravenous antibiotics on the assumption that she had an infection, and leptospirosis was confirmed in her three-day hospital stay. 26. The infection was so severe that she required intravenous antibiotics and several nights in the hospital. 27. The wound is opened and cleaned, and the patient gets an antibiotic injection, or intravenous antibiotics. 28. Three months after receiving a six-week course of intravenous antibiotics to eradicate the spirochete, the woman felt better. 29. We mobilized into action, monitoring vital signs, chest tube drainage, and blood tests, administering chest physical therapy and intravenous antibiotics. 30. While her family underwent an ongoing regimen of intravenous antibiotics, Parrish continued her research. |
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