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Haemophilus influenzae
My daughter, 1,5 years old suffers from CF and has now for the first time Haemophilus influenzae in the throat swab. Our treating CF physician regards it as a harmless germ, it is therefore not treated at the moment. I would like to have a second opinion. Of course, we do not want to give ...
17.03.2017
Thrush
Hello, What can we do to prevent our 2 year old from getting thrush (candida fungus)? She has it regularly, especially after the antibiotic cures. It spoils life because she refuses to eat and it is very painful. Thank you for your help.
24.02.2017
How long taking antibiotics?
Hello, first of all thank you very much for this expert forum. It is a great help! If an antibiotic therapy with cefuroxim has been intiated in CF child that had initially a viral infection that has been superinfected by bacteria (Moraxella catarrhalis, H. influenza) and the symptoms (rhinitis, ...
06.02.2017
S. aureus small colony variants
We just received the sputum culture of our 7yr old daughter, which showed the presence of S. aureus and S. aureus small colony variants. What is the meaning of small colony variants? Should we treat these colonies? Is it a classical evolution of S. aureus?
02.01.2017
Under which circumstances is Pseudomonas turning to be mucoid?
Hello, my daughter, CF, 8 years old, has had in February 2015 for the first time Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Two cycles of tobramycin per inhalation followed, in the third cycle in combination with ciprofloxacin, after 3-6months PA could be again and again found. Then three i.v. therapies followed ...
05.12.2016
Homeopathy, probiotics and immune defense
Hello, My 3-year-old daughter has antibiotic cures (15 days) with no symptoms other than a cough that you can not get rid of (no Pseudomonas aeruginosa or other bacteria). Pharmacists often advise to take (at the end of the treatment) a cure of probiotics in order to rebalance her intestinal ...
05.12.2016
Treatment of the sinuses
Dear expert team, I have a question about the treatment of Pseudomonas in the sinuses. Due to an intermittend Pseudomonas infection of the airways, my CF center suspected, that Pseudomonas could also be in the sinuses and should be also treated there, even if the finding of Pseudomonas in the ...
07.11.2016
Drug fever due to i.v. antibiotics
Dear ladies and gentlemen, my daughter (12 years old) got recently an i.v. antibiotic therapy in hospital due to a markedly worsening of her lung function in the last year. In the first week, the therapy seemed to had a good effect. In the course of the second week, however, she got high fever ...
07.11.2016
Enterobacteria
Hello, I have still the finding of Enterobacteria (diverse Serratia liquefaciens, then they disappear, then Serratia marescens is appearing or also Enterobacter cloacae) in spite of the fact that I inhale without pause diverse antibiotics (Tobi podhaler, Tobi humid inhalation, Colistin, ...
12.10.2016
Drugs side effects
Dear expert team, I (19y) have a question concerning long-term therapy with antibiotics of the group of fluorchinolones (levofloxacin, ciprofloxacin). Is there any experience with CF patients concerning pain of joints, muscle pain repectively ruptures of the Achilles tendon, that do not heal? In ...
07.10.2016
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