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irishdavid

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Hi,
I was wondering if many people cultured MRSA in their sputum and if so what are your experiences of it?

I have had it for years and basically it and psudomonous take turns at having a go at me every 2-3 months!!

Also has anyone successfully gotten rid of it and how was this achieved. I have been told that it is possible with aggressive treatment but am a bit sceptical.

Anyone ever on nebulized vancomycin?
Thanks
 
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Emily65Roses

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I have MRSA. I'm still sick a lot, but to my knowledge it's from the pseudomonas. As far as I know, the MRSA hasn't given me trouble since I was 17.
 
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irishdavid

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<blockquote>Quote<br><hr>to my knowledge it's from the pseudomonas<hr></blockquote>

I dont think this can be true. MRSA = Metacillin Resistant Staf Aurious (Spelling?).
Afaik staf is a completely different bacteria from psudo.

I could be wrong but I dont think so.

<blockquote>Quote<br><hr>Where u from in ireland??I don't have MRSA T.G but do culture pseudomonas.....<hr></blockquote>

Im from Galway. Are you from Ireland?
 
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Emily65Roses

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I know what MRSA stands for, I have it. What I was saying is, I haven't cultured MRSA since I was 17. I'm still sick, but the only thing I culture is pseudomonas.
 
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irishdavid

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You go to any of the Adult association meetings?
Do you know many others in Ireland with cf?


Galway for Sam in 2005 <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">
 
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anonymous

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I have cultured mrsa since I was 15 or 16. I am 21 now and I am not doing to well. Don't know if it's the mrsa and pseud that is doing it or just the pseudo
 
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Jo20784

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i am very lucky and havent caught MRSA but i do have pseudomonas and it likes to attack me every month . from Jo 20 uk w/CF
 
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anonymous

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MRSA can still be treated with vancomycin, it is hard to get "rid" of though since we are human petri dishes.
It is when you get a VRE, which is vanco resistant, that is more scary.

If you want more specific stuff repost and I will get more "technical"

Luke 29/cf
 
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ClashPunk82

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<blockquote>Quote
<hr><i>Originally posted by: <b>irishdavid</b></i>
<blockquote>Quote
<hr>to my knowledge it's from the pseudomonas<hr></blockquote>



I dont think this can be true. MRSA = Metacillin Resistant Staf Aurious (Spelling?).

Afaik staf is a completely different bacteria from psudo.



I could be wrong but I dont think so.



<blockquote>Quote
<hr>Where u from in ireland??I don't have MRSA T.G but do culture pseudomonas.....<hr></blockquote>



Im from Galway. Are you from Ireland?<hr></blockquote>

My aunt is from Galway. We also have relatives in Kerry. I would love to visit Ireland someday. So beautiful there!!

Nicole 22 CF
 
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anonymous

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<blockquote>Quote<br><hr> I would love to visit Ireland someday. So beautiful there!!<hr></blockquote>
We get an awful lot of rain though!!

What part of Galway is your aunt from do you know?
 
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anonymous

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david,

There are many articles about MRSA, when it was first found it was quite the hoopla; now not so much. It was probably the first main stream super bug. The CDC went crazy and had all kinds off recommendationsd for hospital confinement and such. Now we find it isn't easily transfered when universal hospital precautions are taken. you know wash your hands or wear gloves with the expectation of exposure. Some articles have suggested that patients on H pump blockers for stomach acid production are more suseptible to GI MRSA infection. So with that being said if you take prilosec for reflux and have MRSA in your sputum you are more likely to have it spread to the gut. We are finding that the MRSA is much more common than what we thought and largely goes undected in healthy people. For us it is comparable to the straw that breaks the camels back, MRSA effects us more than others because we already have enough seudomonas problems. One other thing to remember is to "type" your specific MRSA infection. By that I mean not all MRSA's are the same. You may not be completely resistant but maybe some antibiotics are just intermediate in their capabilites. In that case your doc would want to do synergy testing using a combo of drugs to treat it in the petri dish rather than just the basic ones. Hope that helps a little more

http://cmr.asm.org/cgi/content/full/15/3/430


Luke
 
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AussieCF

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Hi David, I have had MRSA in my sputum for about 9 months now, also pseudo...I have Vanco to treat the MRSA through IV, 4 times a year. Recently though I had a massive reaction (kind of like an allergy to the Vanco) things have become a bit more complicated now as the doc's are not really wanting to use their "back up" drug, incase I become resistant to that also.

So I know this doesnt really answer your question, however I have heard that Sunlight kills MRSA if it is on the skin but when it is in the sputum, we can only rely on drugs, and it depends on how advanced you have it. In Australia we go by 1+, 2+ or 3+. If it's only 1+ then you are likely to be able to reduce it significantly.....I dont know if you can eradicate it totally, and when we have hospital admissions, we are placed in a single room that is under infection control and nursing staff are to gown and glove up if they attend to us. We even have special linen bins for bed linen etc.... so minimal risk of cross infection. It is likely that one with MRSA gets it from hospial in the first place, due to cross infection, and the staff not washing hteir hands in between seeing other patients (with or without CF). Hope that helps.... <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif" border="0">
 
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seasprite

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Hi David,

My son, now 16, had an MRSA in the summer of 1998. He was treated with rifampin (a pill), which worked, but took a full four weeks to get rid of the bug. Jordan has never cultured MRSA since.

In the past, MRSAs were almost always acquired from the hospital or clinic, where Jordan probably got his. But I just read an article that community-based MRSAs are becoming much more common. Something like 30% of healthy individuals turn out to have MRSA nasal cultures without symtoms. So when you can, its probably a good idea to keep some feet away from people who are coughing or sneezing, even if they don't have an obvious infection.

Bambi , mom of Jordan
 
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