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Acinetobacter baumannii
Dear ladies and gentlemen, in the throat swab of our 7-year-old son Acinetobacter baumannii has been found. Acutally he receives cotrimoxazole due to an infection. Now we have been told, that we have to be isolated in the CF center and the weekly physiotherapy should take place from now on at ...
29.09.2014
Risk concerning a person with chronic bronchitis
Hello, I want to know what is the risk to encounter a person with chronic bronchitis and who is under oxygen in the hall of the building every day. Is there a risk of transmission of germs?
24.06.2014
Stays in hospital (continued)
Hello, I don't really understand your answer to my question because I thought my son could catch Pseudomonas aeruginosa or other resistant bacteria in hospital (because it's a place where bacteria are present) and that the recommendations of wearing masks were adressed to the overall hospital ...
19.05.2014
Stays in hospitals
Hello, my son with cystic fibrosis has already been hospitalized once and has been in emergency a second time for other reasons than cystic fibrosis (stitches, ...) and each time the hospital staff was not aware of hygiene measures to be adopted (wearing gown and mask). It is sometimes difficult ...
12.05.2014
2 children with cystic fibrosis in school
Hello, Our child has CF and we live in a neighborhood where another child of the same age is also suffering from the same disease. The two children must start school at next beginning of term. Will it be a problem even if they won't be in the same classroom? Especially during the beginning and ...
24.03.2014
Indoor playground
As being mother of a little girl (16 months old) with CF, I would like to show her the joys of indoor playgrounds (ball pit, slides), but I would like to know if it is possible and if there is a problem with bacteria? Thanks
03.02.2014
Visit of indoor playground / danger from strong fan of jumping castles
Dear expert team, is there any danger from the fan of a jumping castle? Partly completely closed "rooms" with strong fan/ air pressure. I have already tried to get some information myself, however do not find any answer. My son (CF patient, 5 years old) is invited to a birthday party, which ...
03.02.2014
School
hello, My son will be soon in school and I have a lot of questions. Could school refuse or reject the rules of hygiene or refuse to give pancreatic enzymes? My CF center is against the establishment of a Mobility & Living Aid but I am very anxious for meals in the canteen. Can we have a Mobility & ...
27.01.2014
CF contact with chest infected person
I would like to know if a CF carrier with lung infection can safely spend two weeks in a camping tent in a hot climate with a CF child. Some of the lung infection symptoms we know about are persistent cough, short of breath, weight loss, overall weakness and a past history of pneumonia and been ...
12.08.2013
Rare germ Inquilinus limosus
Dear expert team, My son 11 year-old son, suffering from CF, has been diagnosed to bear the germ Inquilinus limosus. (Apart from that he is from time to time colonized with Staphylococci, Candida or Aspergillus). As this germ seems to be very seldom, some statements contradict, therefore I ask ...
12.08.2013
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