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pseudomonas aeruginosa
Has besides killing the Pa by antibiotics, also the mucus layer to be broken down?
19.07.2015
Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus bacteriae
Dear, Can patients with CF and lung infection with eg Pseudomonas cough up bits of tissue?
19.07.2015
Blue Flag and swimming for CF patients
The Blue Flag is an international quality label in Flanders awarded by the Association Bond Beter Leefmilieu (BBL) and the Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE) and guarantees sustainable quality tourism on the coast and on inland waters. With this label Marinas and swimming ponds can ...
19.07.2015
First infection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Hello, my daughter, 6-years old, is doing quite well, and has a permanent antibiotic therapy for 4 years with cefuroxim, now Pseudomonas has been found for the first time in the throat swab. We have then inhaled with Tobi for 4 weeks, unfortunately it has again been found at the control two weeks ...
28.06.2015
Germs in the pool
Hello, I would like to put a pool in the yard for our child with CF. What should I pay attention to in order to limit the risk of colonization with Pseudomonas or other germs? Should the pool have a certain size? Does chlorine kill these germs? If yes, which concentration is needed? It is ...
18.06.2015
Hygiene among siblings
Dear CF team, I am a female CF patient myself and have an older brother, who also suffers from CF. After having talked to my physician I pay attention to not using the same bathroom nor to be near the food of the other one if we meet at family meetings. That means, that we both do not prepare any ...
16.06.2015
Disinfection of poolwater
Hello dear expert team, First of all many thanks that you are there with your advice. Now to my question. We will install in the summer a pool with a diameter of 5 m. Last year, the water had been disinfected with chlorine, that worked more or less well. Now we have heared about disinfection with ...
16.06.2015
Susceptibility for Pseudomonas
Dear experts, is it true that some CF patients are more susceptible than others? Is there a correlation with susceptibility for PSA and certain genes? Our 2-year-old son with CF has already had two times Pseudomonas aeruginosa in the throat swab. And that, even if we are very cautious and ...
12.06.2015
Holiday
Dear expert team, We want to stay at a hotel in the mediterranean arrea. What has to be taken into account conerning the pool? Is there a danger of infection with Pseudomonas? In the Internet it is written about a freshwater pool, can one assume, that it is chlorine in it? Many thanks for your ...
07.06.2015
Danger of the wet places
Hello, I don’t understand why the bathroom (siphons) represent a potential danger if a place such as an aquarium (to visit) is without danger while much wetter and hot. What is the difference between both? I am lost. Thank you for your answer
06.06.2015
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