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Virulence of ESBL-E. coli
One year ago, during a bronchoscopy of my son (13) ESBL (=extendend-spectrum beta-lactamase) (e. coli) have been detected in the lungs. Which specific potentail of danger have these germs, particularly as I do only get few to no information from the center, to which subgroup the specific ESBL-germ ...
01.08.2011
Mycobacterium abscessus and impaired function of the liver
My 24-year old female patient has a colonization of the airways with M. abscessus for 9 months. There are hints for an infection of the lung with M. abscessus (decrease of FEV1, infiltrations, cultural and microscopical detection of the germ in the bronchial secretions and bronchoalveolar lavage). ...
01.08.2011
Visit of the zoo (tropical landscape)
Dear ladies and gentlemen, I would like to visit the zoo with my son (CF) in the city of Leipzig, Germany. This zoo has as an attraction a tropical section with high humidity, which is, according to my view, generated via finely nebulized water. Which measure could I undertake in order to ...
01.08.2011
hygiene of dish-washer
I just read in a french medical newspaper that dishwashers are contaminated (60%) by fungi with black pigment called Exophalia dermatitidis and E. phaeomuriformis. This species are very resistant to heat and detergents. These fungi would pose a problem in patients with cystic fibrosis. What should ...
12.07.2011
Achromobacter
Hello Our 11 years old son is principally chronically colonized with Achromobacter xylosoxidans (and also with Staphylococus Aureus controlled with daily Floxapen) and intermittently with 2 other Achromobacter…. We are surprised that he receives only Colistin aerosol therapy against this ...
04.07.2011
Pseudomonas Pseudoalcaligenes
Hello, in the throat swab of my daughter (2.5 years old) now Pseudomonas Pseudoalcaligenes has been found for the first time. The center cannot classify this Pseudomonas. Perhaps you have an idea. Would you treat this germ directly with and antibiotic drug? Many thanks and best regards,
28.06.2011
Haemophilus
My daughter, 2.5 years old with CF, got her first bacteria, Haemophilus, which has just being treated by antibiotics for 2 weeks. What about this bacteria? Is it dangerous? Is it possible to get it playing in sand on the beach? Thank you
30.05.2011
staphylococcus aureus
My daughter is colonized by Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. She finished an intravenous antibiotics course one month ago and she has already bronchial obstruction and dyspnea. If we manage to eliminate staphylococcus, will P. aeruginosa be less aggressive? Which antibiotics will ...
23.05.2011
sputum sample
Hello, The physiotherapist of the CF Centre has been unable this morning to obtain some sputa from my 5 months old daughter for microbiological culture. He/she said that her bronchi were not enough infected. I don’t understand. In some CF Centres, each month a sputum sample is obtained from each ...
10.05.2011
Staphylococcal infection we are treating is chronic?
Thank you for a very useful Q&A! My seven-year-old complains with knee and leg pain and that she suddenly feels she cannot walk. She has CF. We do not listen to carefully, but then, I found this on the web (e-corn-cf.eu): CF-arthropathy 2) Episodic (acute) arthritis Hereby it deals in ...
05.05.2011
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