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@htolan
Yes good point. The accounts I hear of that were successful in treating Pseudo do it fairly soon after diagnosis and were treated aggressively. Usually antibiotic followed by Toby inhalation for some time. Also you have to be lucky to get it diagnosed early on. How long did you do the Mero IV? Let us know what retesting shows. Curious why your Dr decided to use IV. Usually most prescribe Cipro or Levo oral. Personally I think the IV is a much better option.

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@irenea8 The bacteria cultured out showing only 2 drugs would be effective. So I had a PICC and Meropenem. My infectious disease doctor selected that.
I won’t use Toby because it’s ototoxic. I have so little left, so I don’t want to lose my hearing.

@irenea8 I was treated really early. At the time I was getting monthly cultures done at NJH and Dr Haas put me on a mega dose of 1500 mg/day Cipro for 10 days as soon as it showed up.