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Pseudomonas infections

MAC & Bronchiectasis | Last Active: Mar 24 11:19pm | Replies (72)

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The reports that come from the lab that my Pulmonologist uses identifies what bacteria it is and then list various antibiotics that are effective for killing it or getting rid of it. I have Pseudomonas aeruginosa Due to the bronchiectasis and most of the time it seems to be under control with the nebulizing treatments and the other things the doctor has me do. I have seen the lab reports and they say various drugs that would be helpful. My problem is I am allergic to a lot of the antibiotics, such as penicillin, erythromycin, Bactrim. So now we try to only take antibiotics when absolutely necessary. So I’m able to see this information on my patient portal and if you have a patient portal, which most places do now, you might look at it and see if there are medications and exactly what type of pseudonoma you have. I looked it up and it said 80% of pseudonomas are the aeruginosa type. I hope you can find an antibiotic that is helpful for you.

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@speeched100 I had 4 infections last year, UTI, Lung, Eye and Sinus from Pseudomonas… I was on IV treatment of Zosyn for 2 wks . My white count was up and after 2 wks my while count came back to normal so if was decided to take me off the IV.
3 1/2 wks ago I had appt with my ENT Dr who said my left
Maxillary looked like it did last yr and he took a culture . It came back Pseudomonas , “moderate and few “.. referred back to Infectious Disease Center . I’ve now been on IV Pseudomonas for 3 weeks . I saw the ENT Dr who took a culture 3 days ago and the report came in this morning as “clear”! Yea ! I go today for IV bag change as I have done for past 3 wks. It was due to be pulled tomorrow so hopefully I may be pleasantly surprised and they pull it today !
Great news ! Good luck to all suffering with Pseudomonas !