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Bronchiectases
Hello, Is it possible that existing bronchiectases heal up? Our child has bronchiectasis and after having moved to another place we have a new CF outpatient clinic. They say that regular antibiotics administration is outdated? Best regards
12.06.2015
Need to treat?
Dear ladies and gentlemen, I have the following bacteria: - a great number of Pseudomonas putida (I have otherwise no Pseudomonas) - a great number of Haemophilus parainfluenza - Aspergillus fumigatus At the moment I cough more and I am very tired. My lung function is stable. How do you ...
06.06.2015
Achromobacter xylosoxidans
Dear expert team, in diverse treads in the past there can again and again be read, that a colonization with Achromobacter xyl. should be treated according to the individual course. Starting situation: my daughter (17y) is chronically colonized with Achromobacter + Staphylococcus and again and ...
06.05.2015
Mycobacterium abscessus - therapy with clofazimin?
Dear expert team, In 2010 I have been diagnosed to have beneath Pseudomonas also Mycobacterium abscessus. After long-term i.v. antibiotic therapies the germ was not eliminated. It causes hard problems. Since August 2014 the infections occurred more and more often and in the lung abscesses ...
06.05.2015
Carbapenems
Hello, in the past time, an i.v. therapy (four times in 6 months) has been done several times in order to fight the bacterium Achromobacter xylosoxidans. This has been always very successful with Imipenem/Cilastin and 3-4 weeks no further intake of antibiotics had been necessary. However, again ...
02.04.2015
Achromobacter
Hello, The last sputum examination for my son showed a low colonization of Achromobacter. He had an intravenous treatment but that did not work. I would like to know if you have information on the consequences of this germ to the lungs but also whether it will worsen faster his health. Thank ...
13.03.2015
Pseudomonas
Hello after blood tests, my 2.5 year old child was treated with Tobi then inhaled colimycin (because of bad tolerance of Tobi) for 3 months because blood results are very positive for pseudomonas but there is nothing in the sputum. .. but had ciprofloxacin for three weeks with tobi and still ...
08.03.2015
First time Burkholderia
My son, 37, has had for the first time Burkholderia multivorans 10^3 in the sputum. Besides Pseudomonas for decades. Does one observe this at first closely respectively is there any general procedure? He takes azithromycin and inhales every 4 weeks colistin respectively aztreonam alternating.
12.02.2015
Meaning of germs
Dear expert team, our daughter (5-years old) has CF and until now she is doing well. We just had again the big annual investigation at our center (lung function 106%). The result of the throat swab was the following: Moraxella catarrahlis Klebsiella oxytoca Staph. aureus In parallel to the ...
07.02.2015
Pseudomonas aeruginosa for the first time
Dear expert team, my son, 6-years-old, CF patient, very good general condition, lung function 124, has for the first stime PA. A small amount of germs! I am very much concerned and have great worries concerning my child. As the swab result before was totally normal, it can be said, that the PA ...
10.01.2015
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