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Staffylokock infection we are treating is cronic?
Thank you for a very useful Q&A! My seven-year-old complains with knee and leg pain and that she suddenly feels she cannot walk. She has CF. We do not listen to carefully, but then, I found this on the web (e-corn-cf.eu): CF-arthropathy 2) Episodic (acute) arthritis Hereby it deals in ...
28.04.2011
burkholderia stabilis
what is this bacteria? where can you get it? what is the treatment? what is the prognosis?
17.12.2010
staphylococcus aureus
Which antbiotic should take CF patient, 20 years old with resistance to Penicillin and Erithromycin and who has staphylococcus aureus?
19.02.2010
Bugs !!
My 16 yr old son has CF. He has been growing Micobacterium Abscessus for a couple of years and is on intensive eradication therapy (Amikacin nebs, Clarithromycin) He recently also grew Scedosporius - and has now cultured Pseudomonas (again) so is on eradication therapy (Colomycin Neb & Cipro ...
21.11.2008
Mycobacterium abscessus
Hi, My daughter is 13 years old, recently she has Mycobaterium abscessus and her PFT drop drameticly from 111% to 66% - 62% and now she only have 52%. Does anyone have already experience in this field??? She is on Amukin and Biclar treatment.
02.10.2008
Therapy
I've got a few questions: My daughter is 12 years old, diagnosed with CF at 4 months of age. She's got isolated from spitum bacteria P. aeruginosa for 2 years and a half. Since then she's been ill more often and was treated by IV antibiotics (5 hospital stays from June 2007 till June 2008 In ...
08.09.2008
infection
I have a CF patient, 18 year old, who has Pansinusitis and only Streptococcus agalactiae in right and left sinus, do you know if this Streptococcus is pathogenic for this patients and is it necessary treat them?
01.08.2008
CF patient
CF patient, 19 years old, diagnosed with CF as a baby and has staphyloccus aureus. Diagnosed with pseudomonas a few months ago. My question is: should the patient take tobramicina, as when he was last tested for bacteria and had sputum taken, he did not have pseudomonas any more. Can pseudomonas ...
02.06.2008