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Vaccine against acute bronchiolitis
Hello. My daughter monthly receives vaccine against bronchiolitis. Why some CF centres recommend this treatment and others don’t? Sincerely.
27.02.2012
ESBL
my 8 year old son and I have been visiting his Great Grandmother in hospital for the last two weeks. All of a sudden today we were told that they are barrier nursing her because of a urine infection. I questioned the nurse and she said that the infection is called ESBL. I explained that my son has ...
14.02.2012
Mycobacterium abscessus
Dear expert team, a friend of ours has CF and has been colonized with Pseudomonas aeruginosa for quite some time. Now, a mycobacterium abscessus colonization came on top of that. My questions on this: 1. Which health effects can the mycobacterium have? 2. How high is the risk of infection ...
14.02.2012
Cough
I have a grandson 4 months old who has CF (Delta 508F and G551). To date he has shown no signs of his condition and thriving well. I have had a chest infection and completed a course of anti biotics. I feel well but do still have a cough which I feel will take awhile to clear. Obviously I have kept ...
23.01.2012
Experinces with a rare fungus
Can anybody tell me his experience with the rare fungus "Trichosporon asahii"?
17.01.2012
Antibiotics therapy (over three months) necessary?
Dear expert team, My daughter (CF patient, three years old, mild progression so far with only a few minor infections, completely without cough for three years except during infection times) was just diagnosed with an acute infection of the lungs with Staph. aureus (anti-staphylolysin positive). ...
01.12.2011
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
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