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S. aureus colonization
Hello, in the last swabs of our son always S. aureus has been found. Symptoms of an infection are usually not present; for two weeks he is coughing without fever, without sputum and without that he is doing generally bad. He is not taking an antibiotic. First question: is it generally o.k. to ...
17.02.2014
Augmentin® dosage
Dear expert team! I would like to know, if there is a general guideline for the dosage of Augmentin® tablets 1 g? I know however, that the antibiotic drugs in case of CF are always given in higher dosages, is there however a general guideline on this? Would you say, that 5 tablets of these 1 g ...
17.02.2014
Cayston®, hemoptysis?
My son, 33, is told to inhale Cayston® (aztreonam) and has worries after reading the drug leaflet. He has had 3 times hemoptysis with years intervals inbetween, 2 times he had to be admitted to hospital due to this, whereby it was not necessary to intervene in the end. It is not written in the ...
03.02.2014
Tobramycin
My child has Pseudomonas and uses tobramycin inhalations. What is the duration of treatment?
27.01.2014
Home i.v. - peripheral venous catheter or butterfly
Dear ladies and gentlemen, I have just had a home i.v. therapy. As this has been my first i.v. therapy, I have been stayed 2.5 of the 14 days in hospital, the rest of the time at home. The infusion of daily 3 x 2g meropenem was running over the whole time through a peripheral venous catheter. I ...
14.01.2014
Cayston®
Dear expert team, I inhale for more than one year Cayston® (Aztreonam), as the company indicated 28 days of inhalation, then 28 days pause. My physician in the CF center told me now to inhale Cayston® without pause. Are there any studies, yet, if this could probably lead to an ...
17.12.2013
Regular i.v. therapy?
Hello, my son is 6 years old and has the Pseudomonas already for about 4 years. In the year 2012, 2 i.v. therapies had been done, as he did not well either. This year he has stayed free of infections and has no restrictions. The Pseudomonas has not beed detected anymore in the throat swab, ...
11.12.2013
Tendinitis and Tavanic®/Ciflox®
Hello, I'm a 33 years old CF patient. Since August, I react to Tavanic® (levofloxacin) by tendinitis pain under the foot arch. My intravenous treatments are very infrequent (1 every 2 years). My doctor told me that if I can not support Tavanic®, we will have to consider much more frequent ...
09.12.2013
staphylococcus aureus
What are your recommendations for the treatment of Staphylococcus aureus? In my country, staph is untreated if there are no significant symptoms. My son was diagnosed with staph, but it is not treated becouse he is a good general health with just a little cough, no fever, ... Thank in ...
03.12.2013
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Is there a danger of getting Pseudomonas aeruginosa when treated Staphylococcus aureus?
03.12.2013
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