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Poultry keeping?
Hello, We have two children, 4 and 6 years old. Our little daughter has CF. We are thinking about buying chickens. Would you advise against it because of MRSA or other pathogens? She will, of course, not clean the chicken house. Thank you.
29.05.2013
Risk of transmission (germs) from severly ill grandmother
Dear expert team, currently I am very confused asking myself how I can manage the contact between my child (CF, 4 years, Pseudomonas negative, from time to time colonized with Staph. aureus and Haemophilus influenza) and the grandmother. My mother has end-stage carcinosis. Until a short time ...
24.01.2013
Going to kindergarten or school with MRSA?
Hello, My son (CF) is 25 months old now and has been MRSA positive again and again since he was 3 months old. There have been several eradication attempts, various iv therapies, antibiotics inhalation, and continuous oral therapy with co-trimoxazole. He is then negative for a few months and ...
15.01.2013
Physiotherapy and problem germs?
Hello, Physiotherapy has always done me good, and I would like to start it again. Unfortunately, I am colonized with MRSA (currently only lungs and throat, the nasal and skin swab was negative). Here in my area there are only 3 phsyiotherapists who are experts in CF. One of them does not ...
13.12.2012
staphyloccocus aureus
My 5-moth-old son has cystic fibrosis and my aunt was infected with Staphylococcus aureus during a hospital stay several years ago. Today my aunt is a carrier of Staphylococcus aureus in wounds, spots... Can my son visit her or is it too contagious? how does this bacteria transmit? Can they be ...
15.11.2012
Risk of spreading MRSA
Hi, I've been diagnosed culturing MRSA and I want to ask about the risk of transmitting it to my girlfriend (non cf) through kissing and other intimate contact. Shall I stop those things or it's not so possible for healthy non cf people to get MRSA in their lungs? What shall I pay attention to to ...
12.11.2012
MRSA findings
Hello, I have been MRSA positive since 2010 but it is not harmful in my case. After two eradication attempts with Vancomycin (oral) which did not show any effect the bacteria has not been treated anymore. I never had an i.v., and swabs of skin and nose were never taken in my CF center either; ...
11.09.2012
Grouping MRSA positive patients together in the hospital
Hello, Due to outpatient surgery not related to my CF, I was supposed to be separated from other patients and be prepared in an isolation room of a ward. There was another MRSA patient in that room. According to the nurse, “nothing could happen,” since that patient only had the MRSA in ...
14.08.2012
Cystic fibrosis and veterinary practice/clinic (infection)
Hello, Can it be recommended for a CF patient to work in a veterinary practice? A friend of mine is opening a practice and would like to employ me on an hourly basis to answer the phone. Unfortunately, the reception desk is located pretty central. Is the risk of being infected with MRSA very ...
24.04.2012
How do we get rid of MRSA?
Our daughter, one year old, CF, has been MRSA positive on and off (sometimes negative, but immediately after positive again) since a hospital stay about six months ago. My husband and I are MRSA negative. When my daughter was initially colonized, she was diagnosed with MRSA-induced pneumonia. ...
02.01.2012
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