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  1. What empiric therapy would you select for this patient in the Emergency Department?

  2. 24 hours later, the blood and CSF cultures grow out Gram positive cocci in pairs and chains. The patient's husband asks you what the patient's chances are of surviving without any neurological problems. How do you respond?


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