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B. cepacia
Is it possible to detect Burkholderia cepacia in water?
22.11.2011
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia
Is intravenous antibiotics treatment necessary for a child with CF who has stenotrophomonas maltophilia and is resistant to peroral antibiotics? What other type of treatment would you recommend?
16.11.2011
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
Rotavirus infection without symptoms
Hello, our son (three years old, in kindergarten since August), has been having rotaviruses for at least three weeks now. It was a chance finding -- the actual reasons for the exam were loss of appetite, abdominal pain and floating stools. He does not show the typical rotavirus symptoms. Is ...
27.10.2011
Bacterial density in sputum : is it reliable ?
Hello, What does the density of bacteria found in the sputum mean (result given by the microbial laboratory versus the lung reality)? And then, when extrapolating, is a variation of the bacterial density (increase or decrease within 6 months for instance) representative of the amount of bacteria ...
10.10.2011
stenotrophomonas maltophilia
To which hospital can one address to?
10.10.2011
Boyfriend HIV positive
Hello, I had a lung transplant nine months ago. Now I have fallen in love and my boyfriend is HIV positive. What do we have to keep in mind, and what are the risks? Many thanks for your answer!
04.10.2011
treatment of ralstonia pickettii
Dear team, Recently the germ Ralstonia pickettii was found in my sputum for the first time. It was resistant against all tested antibiotics. In between my sputum is tested in a more specialized lab but there is no result so far. These results shall help to organize the next infusions which are due ...
01.09.2011
Humid sulfur rooms - treatment of pseudomonas or other bacterias
First of all I would like to tell that I have son with CF, 2 y.o. He had pseudomonas 1 year ago, treated succesfully but now he has pseudomonas again. Waiting for 2nd phase of treatment in the hospital. I want to tell another thing:I visited in Sicilia, Italia, Terme di Sciacca. I spoke to the ...
30.08.2011
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