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acute sinusitis
Is sulfperazon a treatment for acute sinusitis?
07.04.2009
azithromycin
Can Azithromycin be used for CF children treatment? How does it work?
28.04.2009
tobramicin
Goodafternoon. My son has cystic fibrosis. In case of the exacerbation he is treated with antibiotics in Kaunas clinics. Pseudomonas is finding in him sputum. He is treated with amikacin and ceftazidim. I would like to known about possibility to use inhaled tobramycin. Why he not treated this drug ...
05.05.2009
Antibiotic treatment while on chemotherapy
Good morning, we are taking care of an adult patient who is colonised by Pseudomonas and currently receives chemotherapy because of testicular cancer. Is an antibiotic treatment during every cycle of chemotherapy reasonable? I think this might be indicated because of the successive aplasia.
22.01.2009
Piperacillin Allergy
Would you recommend desensitisation in a 16 year old boy who has had a generalised itchy erythematous reaction to piperacillin on 2 occasions? He currently has an exacerbation & is now growing 2 stains of pseudomonas both sensitive to pip but one resistent to gent and both resistent to cipro. He ...
17.11.2008
Permanent antbiotic treatment
Dear ladies and gentlemen, our child has been told to undergo a permanent antibiotic treatment with a cephalosporin. I am afraid of the side effects, especially because I have noticed that our daughter gets very nervous and hyperactive when getting antibiotics. Is that a general effect or are ...
24.11.2008
Cough
My daughter, 9 years old, has CF and we have often exacerbations. When on antibiotics we are OK, but after 2-3 weeks bad cough usually begins. Only Cefuroxim is effective as oral antibiotic. How long can antibiotics be used and are there other similar antibiotics?
20.11.2008
Antibiotics
The newspapers are full of warnings against the adverse effects of antibiotic treatment. My pediatrician tells me that frequent or long term antibiotic treatment is not good. The doctor in the CF center however, prescribes antibiotics whenever my child coughs. I do not know anymore what's the best ...
10.06.2008
Dosing regime antibiotics, Differences Ceftazidim vs. Piperacillin/Tazobactam
My son has CF . For the past 32 years he was successfully treated by i.v. antibiotics on a yearly basis. During i.v. courses, his CF outpatient clinic prescribed ceftazidim (Fortum) every 8h and amikacin once per day. My questions: 1. Would it be adventageous if he could receive his ...
23.04.2008
IV at home
Dear expert team, I hope you can help me. My son needs an IV therapy now and would like/should do it at home because there are rarely beds for CF patients in the hospital in charge. Is there a company in the Vienna [Austria] area offering such therapy? The Fresenius company does not offer it any ...
15.02.2008
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