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Topics
- Antibiotics how early?
- Unfortunately, our CF outpatient clinic and our paediatrician do not always share the same opinion. The paediatrician suggests not giving antibiotics too early because otherwise one has to reckon with resistances in the following years. Apparently he performs controls at close intervals and then ...
- 29.10.2009
- Slurry
- Dear expert team, Recently, we were in the Allgaeu [rural region in Germany] and it was intensively smelling of slurry everywhere. Since CF children (= our son) are not supposed to go into stables I am a bit worried about this now. How do you estimate the health risk (mould fungi, germs, ...
- 26.10.2009
- Throat swab, how often????
- I asked the doctor of our outpatient clinic if it is possible to have a throat swab done every 4 – 6 weeks instead of every 3 months. She is of the opinion that one would end up driving himself/herself crazy [if the test was done too often; remark of translator] and that if the child had no ...
- 20.10.2009
- Bacteriophages
- Bacteriophages have been known since 1916, but have been pursued less especially in the West due to antibiotics. Due to PSA’s resistances, bacteriophages particularly isolated for the PSA of the patient, should gain importance for the patient. My son (5 years old) has repeated PSA even after ...
- 14.10.2009
- Different laboratories - different results of sputum investigations
- Dear expert team, I have a question concerning germs in the sputum. About one time a year there is an investigation of the sputum in the CF-center, where in the last years Pseudmonas (different types) have been detected each time, in the sputum as well as in the nasal secretions. Furthermore, ...
- 03.08.2009
- Prophylactic antibiotic therapy
- In my son (22 months) the illness of CF is known for nearly one year. Up to now, he has not been especially susceptable for infections. He has had 3 viral infections in the last winter (rhinitis, light obstructive bronchitis, one time with short period of fever). The pediatrician and the CF-clinic ...
- 25.06.2009
- Garden pond
- Our grand-daughter suffers from CF, which has been diagnosed about one month after her birth. Now she is one year old. We have a garden pond with fish. The parents of the child told us to abolish the pond after having asked the CF doctor in Cottbus, as it should be more dangerous than a wirlpool. ...
- 03.06.2009
- ESBL (Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase)
- My daughter (6 years old) is suffering from CF, her grand-grandmother has spent a long time in hospital, as her leg had been amputated. Now she is discharged home, but she has been diagosed of ESBL (Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase), which should stay like this. She has had MRSA, too, however, it ...
- 05.05.2009
- Sputum color
- Hello. What does the sputum color reveal? Thanks in advance for your answer!
- 26.03.2009
- CF and streptococcus
- What kind of risk does a patient with CF have, when he has streptococcus.
- 03.02.2009