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anonymous

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Hi everyone hope you are all well haven`t been on for a while. JUst a question Ben has just had is annual review and I had a phone call from the clinic that he has cultured staff is that the same as PA. STill learning every day. As I`m from Australia things are a bit different here. Anyways they are not goin to treat it unless he has a cough. Which he doesn`t. JUst thought i would ask. What is staff and how is it cultured? Sorry to sound daft<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-frown.gif" border="0">. Ben turned 1 on Sept 26th NOw i look back what a year. He`s in the 75 % range in his weight and height so I reckon I haven`t done too bad. He still has major digestive problems though and the enzymes still do my head in. Hope to have a better year next year. Hope everything is well with everyone and thanks once again for your support over the year.

Donna
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Daniel NO C/f
Monique NO C/f
Benjamin C/f 12mths old (Happy Birthday my beautiful boy)
 
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anonymous

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Hi everyone hope you are all well haven`t been on for a while. JUst a question Ben has just had is annual review and I had a phone call from the clinic that he has cultured staff is that the same as PA. STill learning every day. As I`m from Australia things are a bit different here. Anyways they are not goin to treat it unless he has a cough. Which he doesn`t. JUst thought i would ask. What is staff and how is it cultured? Sorry to sound daft<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-frown.gif" border="0">. Ben turned 1 on Sept 26th NOw i look back what a year. He`s in the 75 % range in his weight and height so I reckon I haven`t done too bad. He still has major digestive problems though and the enzymes still do my head in. Hope to have a better year next year. Hope everything is well with everyone and thanks once again for your support over the year.

Donna
Mum to
Daniel NO C/f
Monique NO C/f
Benjamin C/f 12mths old (Happy Birthday my beautiful boy)
 
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anonymous

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Hi everyone hope you are all well haven`t been on for a while. JUst a question Ben has just had is annual review and I had a phone call from the clinic that he has cultured staff is that the same as PA. STill learning every day. As I`m from Australia things are a bit different here. Anyways they are not goin to treat it unless he has a cough. Which he doesn`t. JUst thought i would ask. What is staff and how is it cultured? Sorry to sound daft<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-frown.gif" border="0">. Ben turned 1 on Sept 26th NOw i look back what a year. He`s in the 75 % range in his weight and height so I reckon I haven`t done too bad. He still has major digestive problems though and the enzymes still do my head in. Hope to have a better year next year. Hope everything is well with everyone and thanks once again for your support over the year.

Donna
Mum to
Daniel NO C/f
Monique NO C/f
Benjamin C/f 12mths old (Happy Birthday my beautiful boy)
 
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anonymous

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I think eventually everyone with CF cultures staph. It's just one of those things thats unavoidable. I've had it forever.
 
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anonymous

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I think eventually everyone with CF cultures staph. It's just one of those things thats unavoidable. I've had it forever.
 
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anonymous

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I think eventually everyone with CF cultures staph. It's just one of those things thats unavoidable. I've had it forever.
 
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anonymous

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Staph is avoidable. The way they do it at majority of CF centres in the UK is by permanent prophylaxis, ie anti-staph oral antibiotics are given every day to stop initial infection from occuring. YOu would think that this would cause MRSA to form, but this does not appear to be the case. This has meant that only a very low percentage of people become chronically infected with staph. Chronic infection with staph can be a disasterous thing for a proportion of people.

Amy is quite right, however. It has been shown that prophylactic treatment of staph can reduce the length of time to first Pseudomona culture (I think from an average of 5 years to 3 years). This is only really relevant, however, if initial cultures aren't treated by anti-pseudomonal drugs (oral, IV and/or nuebulized). Surprisingly, this is still the case in some parts of the world (US and UK included). Some doctors still only treat PA if its symptomatic. If PA is treated aggressively straight away then in it can be eradicated successfully.

This has led to the situation where at one large CF centre in the UK, less than 4% of children are chronically infected with PA, and a neglible amount are chronically infected with staph. Due completely to prophylaxis of Staph, and aggressive eradication attempts when pseudo first shows up, regardless of clinical presentation
 
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anonymous

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Staph is avoidable. The way they do it at majority of CF centres in the UK is by permanent prophylaxis, ie anti-staph oral antibiotics are given every day to stop initial infection from occuring. YOu would think that this would cause MRSA to form, but this does not appear to be the case. This has meant that only a very low percentage of people become chronically infected with staph. Chronic infection with staph can be a disasterous thing for a proportion of people.

Amy is quite right, however. It has been shown that prophylactic treatment of staph can reduce the length of time to first Pseudomona culture (I think from an average of 5 years to 3 years). This is only really relevant, however, if initial cultures aren't treated by anti-pseudomonal drugs (oral, IV and/or nuebulized). Surprisingly, this is still the case in some parts of the world (US and UK included). Some doctors still only treat PA if its symptomatic. If PA is treated aggressively straight away then in it can be eradicated successfully.

This has led to the situation where at one large CF centre in the UK, less than 4% of children are chronically infected with PA, and a neglible amount are chronically infected with staph. Due completely to prophylaxis of Staph, and aggressive eradication attempts when pseudo first shows up, regardless of clinical presentation
 
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anonymous

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Staph is avoidable. The way they do it at majority of CF centres in the UK is by permanent prophylaxis, ie anti-staph oral antibiotics are given every day to stop initial infection from occuring. YOu would think that this would cause MRSA to form, but this does not appear to be the case. This has meant that only a very low percentage of people become chronically infected with staph. Chronic infection with staph can be a disasterous thing for a proportion of people.

Amy is quite right, however. It has been shown that prophylactic treatment of staph can reduce the length of time to first Pseudomona culture (I think from an average of 5 years to 3 years). This is only really relevant, however, if initial cultures aren't treated by anti-pseudomonal drugs (oral, IV and/or nuebulized). Surprisingly, this is still the case in some parts of the world (US and UK included). Some doctors still only treat PA if its symptomatic. If PA is treated aggressively straight away then in it can be eradicated successfully.

This has led to the situation where at one large CF centre in the UK, less than 4% of children are chronically infected with PA, and a neglible amount are chronically infected with staph. Due completely to prophylaxis of Staph, and aggressive eradication attempts when pseudo first shows up, regardless of clinical presentation
 
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anonymous

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<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote><i>Originally posted by: <b>anonymous</b></i>

Staph is avoidable. The way they do it at majority of CF centres in the UK is by permanent prophylaxis, ie anti-staph oral antibiotics are given every day to stop initial infection from occuring. YOu would think that this would cause MRSA to form, but this does not appear to be the case. This has meant that only a very low percentage of people become chronically infected with staph. Chronic infection with staph can be a disasterous thing for a proportion of people.



Amy is quite right, however. It has been shown that prophylactic treatment of staph can reduce the length of time to first Pseudomona culture (I think from an average of 5 years to 3 years). This is only really relevant, however, if initial cultures aren't treated by anti-pseudomonal drugs (oral, IV and/or nuebulized). Surprisingly, this is still the case in some parts of the world (US and UK included). Some doctors still only treat PA if its symptomatic. If PA is treated aggressively straight away then in it can be eradicated successfully.



This has led to the situation where at one large CF centre in the UK, less than 4% of children are chronically infected with PA, and a neglible amount are chronically infected with staph. Due completely to prophylaxis of Staph, and aggressive eradication attempts when pseudo first shows up, regardless of clinical presentation</end quote></div>

Sorry, that should of said less than 4% of under 12's are chronically infected with PA
 
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anonymous

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<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote><i>Originally posted by: <b>anonymous</b></i>

Staph is avoidable. The way they do it at majority of CF centres in the UK is by permanent prophylaxis, ie anti-staph oral antibiotics are given every day to stop initial infection from occuring. YOu would think that this would cause MRSA to form, but this does not appear to be the case. This has meant that only a very low percentage of people become chronically infected with staph. Chronic infection with staph can be a disasterous thing for a proportion of people.



Amy is quite right, however. It has been shown that prophylactic treatment of staph can reduce the length of time to first Pseudomona culture (I think from an average of 5 years to 3 years). This is only really relevant, however, if initial cultures aren't treated by anti-pseudomonal drugs (oral, IV and/or nuebulized). Surprisingly, this is still the case in some parts of the world (US and UK included). Some doctors still only treat PA if its symptomatic. If PA is treated aggressively straight away then in it can be eradicated successfully.



This has led to the situation where at one large CF centre in the UK, less than 4% of children are chronically infected with PA, and a neglible amount are chronically infected with staph. Due completely to prophylaxis of Staph, and aggressive eradication attempts when pseudo first shows up, regardless of clinical presentation</end quote></div>

Sorry, that should of said less than 4% of under 12's are chronically infected with PA
 
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anonymous

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<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote><i>Originally posted by: <b>anonymous</b></i>

Staph is avoidable. The way they do it at majority of CF centres in the UK is by permanent prophylaxis, ie anti-staph oral antibiotics are given every day to stop initial infection from occuring. YOu would think that this would cause MRSA to form, but this does not appear to be the case. This has meant that only a very low percentage of people become chronically infected with staph. Chronic infection with staph can be a disasterous thing for a proportion of people.



Amy is quite right, however. It has been shown that prophylactic treatment of staph can reduce the length of time to first Pseudomona culture (I think from an average of 5 years to 3 years). This is only really relevant, however, if initial cultures aren't treated by anti-pseudomonal drugs (oral, IV and/or nuebulized). Surprisingly, this is still the case in some parts of the world (US and UK included). Some doctors still only treat PA if its symptomatic. If PA is treated aggressively straight away then in it can be eradicated successfully.



This has led to the situation where at one large CF centre in the UK, less than 4% of children are chronically infected with PA, and a neglible amount are chronically infected with staph. Due completely to prophylaxis of Staph, and aggressive eradication attempts when pseudo first shows up, regardless of clinical presentation</end quote></div>

Sorry, that should of said less than 4% of under 12's are chronically infected with PA
 
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