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Achromobacter xylosoxidans
Dear expert team, are there any new insights on this germ or on the treatment possibilities or is it still Cayston® (aztreonam) that is used in the treatment of this germ? Why is however then this germ not mentioned in the description of the drug, but only Pseudmonas? At what time would you ...
27.05.2013
Whooping cough (pertussis) and CF
Dear expert team, on the 3.3.13 I had asked a question on my severe dry cough, many thanks for the answer, Mrs. Dr. Smaczny. In the meantime I know what I have, whooping cough (pertussis) and that with 48 years! What I am astonished about is why the vaccination record is not check routinely, like ...
10.05.2013
Mice
Dear experts! For a longer time I have mice from outside in my appartment! As I have read about all the diseases such mice can transmit (e.g. Hanta virus), I am seriously worried. I do not know anymore how I should handle it with the hygiene, as the creatures have been almost everywhere, kitchen, ...
22.04.2013
Dry cough
Dear expert team, for 2 weeks I have an infection, which only consists of dry cough (healthy people without CF around me have the same infection with similar symptoms and duration). Every night I cough until after 12 o'clock. In the meantime also my larynx is affected, symptoms are pain and ...
19.04.2013
Bronchitis and other
Hello, I am the mother of a little CF girl and want to know if she has to avoid contact with persons having bronchitis or cold or gastroenteritis or may they have a mask in their presence? Thank you
26.03.2013
Avoid sick people
Hello, Our 7 months old son has Cystic Fibrosis and in times of epidemic influenza, colds and gastro-enteritis, we were advised to avoid our son contact with sick people. To what extent should we consider this advice? Should we refuse to invite people with colds? Should we invite them but they put ...
26.03.2013
Preparation for school
All children when they go to school for the first time have to adapt and come in contact with many infections. Is it true that in their first year at school they come across a virus every 15 days? Do the children with CF produce antibodies, or is it always for them like the first year? Is it an ...
25.03.2013
systematic sputum / cough swab culture
Hello, The CF centre of my daughter does not practice cough swab systematically at each visit. We are afraid of missing out a bacterium that could worsen the health of our daughter. We are in February and the last culture was done in September. Can I ask them to do it consistently? Can a local ...
04.03.2013
Staphylococcus aureus
Hello, my 6 month old daughter has cystic fibrosis and has already Staphylococcus aureus (10 000/ml) in her sputum. Is it serious? Isn't it too early? No treatment has been done at the moment but I'm worried ... Thank you for your response.
04.02.2013
Antibiotics only because of common cold?
Dear expert team, Our daughter (19 months; diagnosed since about 7 months) never had an infection and according to the physiotherapist and the CF center her lungs are absolutely free. Thanks to Kreon® (Pancreatin) her weight is okay as well. Since two days she has a common cold and I am not ...
29.01.2013
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