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Candida albicans and Aspergillus
Hello, I would like to ask you, how you judge the result of our daughter. Our daughter is nearly 5 years old. At the age of 4 months, she has been diagnosed to suffer from CF. She is doing well and we are very well cared for in our CF center. Until now, throat swabs showed mostly Staph. ...
20.10.2014
4MRGN and regular i.v. therapie
Hello, for about one and a half years besides a "normal" Pseudomonas aeruginosa also a 4MRGN is detected in my sputum. According to the lab, it is though still sensible to 1 or 2 antbiotics. My question is now, if regular i.v. therapies (like they are desired by the treating physician) make sense ...
20.10.2014
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
Tobramycin inhalation
Hello, is there any information if tobramycin inhalation during early pregnancy can be harmful for the baby? We have to inhale tobramycin twice a day with our 2-year-old CF daughter and we ask ourselves if the vapours that we share by sitting next to her could harm the unborn. Many thanks
29.09.2014
Scarlet fever
Hello, My 5-year-old little boy had the scarlet fever twice in 2 and a half months. He finished his antibiotic treatment on Friday (that he had for 14 days) and he began again to have the symptoms 3 days after the end of the treatment. He has a visit tomorrow morning at our family doctor but ...
15.09.2014
Pseudomonas in the nasal lavage
Dear expert team, First of all many thanks for your efforts. As a partner of a CF patient I am already for a longer time silent reader of your expert advice. Now I would like to pose a question for the first time. In the nasal lavage of my wife (CF, 31 years old, FEV1 85%) Pseudomonas had been ...
21.08.2014
Finding of staphylococcus aureus at adult age
Hello, I (female, 28 years old, chronic colonization with Pseudomonas aeruginosa since early childhood) have had for the first time the finding of Staphylococcus aures in the last sputum. Apart from penecillin, there are seemingly no resistances. My health condition is actually quite good, I ...
29.07.2014
Cayston®
I’ve heard (by a service provider) about a new molecule named “Cayston®” that is used to treat CF adultes againt Pseudomonas aeruginosa. This molecule would be used with a new machine that will arrive on the market (or already has?). This person could not tell me more. I turn to you in order ...
14.07.2014
Thorat swab Enterobacter cloacae
Hello, I, female, 44 years old, have the following infection of the throat (throat swab): 1. Enterobacter cloacae 2. Serratia marcescens Antibiotic sensitivity has been done in the laboratory. Possible are ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin and moxifloxacin. I have absoultely no symptoms, however ...
14.07.2014
Chronical carrier for Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Hello, My 11-year-old daughter is affected by CF. After a culture of a sputum control, 2 different strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P.a.) were found (P.a. has been found in an irregular way since she is 18 months old). The doctor informed me that he didn't want her to have an intravenous ...
09.07.2014
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