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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
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
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