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Hygiene
Hello, MRSA can be as is known transmitted via the hands. New numbers from the internet (paul ehrlich institute, Germany) say, that 22% of the average population are MRSA carriers. Does that mean that one gets infected with MRSA in the short or long runs - and therefore become also a carrier? Or ...
11.01.2011
MRSA?
Coagulase-negative staphylococci (methilcill.resist) were detected in the sputum of my 6 year old daughter (I transcribed this – I heard it for the first time!). Now, I read in your forum that these pathogens give cause for concern. In addition to Zithromax®/acithromycine (she takes 250ml ...
15.11.2010
Correlation between MRSA and sinusitis
Hello, Since October I have a colonization of the lungs with MRSA. In the meantime the sputum results without antbiotic therapy or intervention from my side were negative from time to time. In the nose however, I have always very much green mucous and barks. Is it possible that I recolonize ...
04.10.2010
MRSA -- follow-up question
[Background: the questioner's 19-moth-old son has CF; she is worried that her partner's grandmother might have MRSA and was asking for advice. Among other things, the expert recommended for the grandmother to have nasal and throat swabs done in order to rule out or prove MRSA.] Hello, many ...
09.09.2010
Tatooing with MRSA
Hello, I would like to get another tattoo. I have MRSA (sputum result, no other swabs have been done), and there is no eradication planned. I have already talked to my doctor about this plan. She was not very thrilled about it but said that the risk of infection was not higher than usual for ...
07.09.2010
MRSA- germs
About 2.5 years ago I had an empyema of the knee joint because of MRSA after an injection and had then be operated 9 times on the knee and femur. It has been treated in the beginning with Linezolid (without success), then with Vancomycin. Discharge of the hospital after 3 months. After a ...
06.09.2010
MRSA
Dear expert team, I have a tremendous problem. Our little Louis is almost 19 months old now and has CF. My partner’s family does not want to have anything to do with the disease, dismiss everything and think that if they only see him every three months they do not have to pay attention to ...
06.09.2010
MRSA
Hi Muko-team, We have friends with a daughter who suffered from CF and died. She harboured MRSA! My parents have close contact with her parents after the death of the daughter and I fear that MRSA can also contaminate me, who has also CF. Is such a contamination possible? Is this a danger for ...
02.04.2010
MRSA and other microorganisms in profession
Dear Expert team, let me explain first that being a CF patient and social pedagogue I could work as a hospital social worker. My main task is to discuss with the patients that treatment courses are successfully carried out und that applications for cures etc are correctly filled out. My questions ...
11.02.2010
MRSA - handling after successfull eradication
Hello, I have a question for the experts. I have been tested positively for MRSA 10 weeks ago, whereupon a sanitation with an antibiotic had been done. Now in the last four sputum samples as well as in one nasal swab no MRSA could be detected anymore. In spite of this I have problems with my ...
07.07.2009
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