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Chronic colonization with Staphylococci
Dear expert team! Request for help for a very worried mother: my daughter (16 years old) had until about one year ago, a very good lung function (97%) and a very good general condition. As she is also an extreme allergic patient, one has the creeping worsening of the lung function not ...
17.12.2014
IV worsening of the saturation
Dear team! I am suffering from CF and I am 48 years old. Since I was 25, I do regularly about 2 times a year an iv-therapy. Unfortunately, it is often like this, that the lung function stays the same, however the oyxgen saturation is going to be worse and worse at the end. I have however not the ...
17.12.2014
Acinetobacter baumanii
Hello, I have been informed from my CF center via the telephone, to have the above mentioned germ. It would be well treatable with Cotrimoxazole respectively with Colistin per inhalation. As I have no other symptoms except my chronic inflammation of the sinuses, that is always severe in this time ...
17.12.2014
Rhinitis and antibiotics
Hello, my 3-year-old son with CF has a rhinitis for 4 or 5 days; since yesterday, cough became productive, while the nose dries. He also began yesterday to inhale with Pulmozyme® (rh-DNAse). During the physiotherapy session yesterday, the physiotherapist got a little sputum, but from nose, not ...
10.12.2014
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia
Hello, We learned one month after birth that our 4 months-old daughter was diagnosed with CF. She carries the DF508 and G3272-26A mutations. She is followed up every month at the CF Center X, has respiratory physiotherapy every day and is currently pancreatic sufficient. My question is, we just ...
03.12.2014
Infection in case of CF, even once possible without antibiotic?
Dear expert team, my question: Can/should/is it allowed for a child with CF to get through an infection with increased cough even once without the intake of an antibiotic? There are controversing opinions about this. Some of the doctors advise immediately an antibiotic drug, others are rather ...
03.12.2014
Pseudomonas aeruginosa with excessive mucus formation
Dear expert team, due to an infection with a strongly mucus-forming pseudomonas, the last two times I was in hospital for 5 weeks for an i.v. therapy with two antibiotics (Fortam®/ceftazidime & Amikin®/amikacin; colistin & Ciproxin®/ciprofloxacin). Both times, after 10 days, a resistance and ...
25.11.2014
Nasal vaccine despite colistin inhalation
Hello, can I have my child vaccinated with the nasal flu vaccine even if he inhales colistin? Many thanks.
24.11.2014
Why waiting instead of treating?
Hello, a sputum sample has been collected from my 7-month old baby last Sunday because of a greasy cough and a runny nose. Our next medical visit is planned on the next Thursday and treatment is only based on nasal irrigation with isotonic saline and acetaminophen in case of fever. I am anxious ...
10.11.2014
Staphylococcus aureus
Hello, We got to know one month after the birth of our now 3-months-old daughter that she was suffering from CF. She carries the DF508 and G3272-26A mutations. She is followed every month at the CF Center. She has every day respiratory physiotherapy and is until now pancreatic sufficient. My ...
04.11.2014
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