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MRSA
Can I get an injection into the joint if I had MRSA in the nose until recently but am clean now?
23.12.2011
Life span of germs
Dear experts, My boyfriend is a physiotherapist who also treats CF patients, and we are now wondering how long MRSA or Burkholderia cepacia can survive in a (healthy) lung in case he catches one of those two germs? We are afraid he could transmit the germs onto me. Kind regards.
15.11.2011
antibiotic treatment
My son (25 years) is colonized by Staphylococcus aureus R (MRSA), Alcaligenes xylosoxidans, Aspergillus fumigatus. He has IV treatments over and over, the germs have become resistant to antibiotics. The Zyvoxid (Linezolide), is no longer effective. Can we hope that former antibiotics would become ...
10.11.2011
MRSA – a danger for asthmatics?
I have CF and am colonised with MRSA (sputum findings) since [time specification is missing]. After weighing possible damages and benefits by my CF centre, MRSA is not treated in my case. My new boyfriend [could also mean just: friend] is suffering from asthma since childhood. Is the germ a ...
29.09.2011
How to get rid of MRSA
Our son (6 months old) is permanently struggling with MRSA (in the nose and throat). Currently, he is colonised but he also had an MRSA infection twice; each of them was treated by strong antibiotics. Once, there was a short-term success, once there was no success, respectively, there is currently ...
05.09.2011
Risk of transmission of MRSA
Hello, we are a bit worried after we got the information, that the grandfather of our daughter (1.5 years, CF) now has MRSA after a long-lasting inflammation of the elbow. As we did not know, what he had exactly, he paid very much attention to hygiene in dealing with our daughter, that ...
09.06.2011
Sanitation of the surroundings in case of MRSA
Is there any informational material (beyond the recommendation "disinfection of hands, clothes, bedclothes and daily washing of towels") for paretns of little children, e.g. in the form of check lists, how they can sanitate the home sourroundings after occurrence of MRSA in order to avoid a ...
08.06.2011
MRSA
Hello. My daughter has the MRSA and since she has it she is not doing very well, totally phlegmy cough and permanent vomiting. Can we do anything about the vomiting? As she loses also weight by this. Thank you.
07.04.2011
Paternity with MRSA
I (male, 34, CF with MRSA and Pseudomonas colonization) will be father of twins soon. What do I have to take especially into account after birth? Just concerning the MRSA I am a bit insecure if besides strict hygiene there has to be taken anything into account. I do not want to encounter my littles ...
22.03.2011
Hygiene, the second [referring to "Hygiene" 10.01.2011]
Many thanks for your detailed answer. But to be honest. I do not understand how it can come to such differing statements concerning the occurence of MRSA: You say: the frequency of MRSA in the standard population is however much smaller as in hospitals and lies clearly under 1%. And the Paul ...
07.02.2011
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