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How long taking antibiotics?
Hello, first of all thank you very much for this expert forum. It is a great help! If an antibiotic therapy with cefuroxim has been intiated in CF child that had initially a viral infection that has been superinfected by bacteria (Moraxella catarrhalis, H. influenza) and the symptoms (rhinitis, ...
06.02.2017
S. aureus small colony variants
We just received the sputum culture of our 7yr old daughter, which showed the presence of S. aureus and S. aureus small colony variants. What is the meaning of small colony variants? Should we treat these colonies? Is it a classical evolution of S. aureus?
02.01.2017
Under which circumstances is Pseudomonas turning to be mucoid?
Hello, my daughter, CF, 8 years old, has had in February 2015 for the first time Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Two cycles of tobramycin per inhalation followed, in the third cycle in combination with ciprofloxacin, after 3-6months PA could be again and again found. Then three i.v. therapies followed ...
05.12.2016
Homeopathy, probiotics and immune defense
Hello, My 3-year-old daughter has antibiotic cures (15 days) with no symptoms other than a cough that you can not get rid of (no Pseudomonas aeruginosa or other bacteria). Pharmacists often advise to take (at the end of the treatment) a cure of probiotics in order to rebalance her intestinal ...
05.12.2016
Treatment of the sinuses
Dear expert team, I have a question about the treatment of Pseudomonas in the sinuses. Due to an intermittend Pseudomonas infection of the airways, my CF center suspected, that Pseudomonas could also be in the sinuses and should be also treated there, even if the finding of Pseudomonas in the ...
07.11.2016
Drug fever due to i.v. antibiotics
Dear ladies and gentlemen, my daughter (12 years old) got recently an i.v. antibiotic therapy in hospital due to a markedly worsening of her lung function in the last year. In the first week, the therapy seemed to had a good effect. In the course of the second week, however, she got high fever ...
07.11.2016
Enterobacteria
Hello, I have still the finding of Enterobacteria (diverse Serratia liquefaciens, then they disappear, then Serratia marescens is appearing or also Enterobacter cloacae) in spite of the fact that I inhale without pause diverse antibiotics (Tobi podhaler, Tobi humid inhalation, Colistin, ...
12.10.2016
Drugs side effects
Dear expert team, I (19y) have a question concerning long-term therapy with antibiotics of the group of fluorchinolones (levofloxacin, ciprofloxacin). Is there any experience with CF patients concerning pain of joints, muscle pain repectively ruptures of the Achilles tendon, that do not heal? In ...
07.10.2016
Nuvaring® and levofloxacin
Are there any interactions between Nuvaring® (vaginal ring releasing hormons for contraception) and levofloxacin 500? I took it for 7 days. I have started last week on wednesday and stopped yesterday. I have taken the ring our last saturday and will put it in again on the coming saturday. Is this ...
07.10.2016
Side effects of Quinsair® (levofloxacin)
Hello, I (CF patient) have had very unpleasant side effects when using levofloxacin orally. Because of the recommendation of my physician I took it in spite of this for several days, with the result, that the moderate side effects turned to be very strong when taking it again (the foot was ...
28.09.2016
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