No more PA

Havoc

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I just came back from my latest clinic visit. I no longer culture PA, this was confirmed by BAL on the 14th of April. How I got rid of it, I don't know. I do culture aspergillus and we are going to begin treating with voriconazole.
 

Havoc

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I just came back from my latest clinic visit. I no longer culture PA, this was confirmed by BAL on the 14th of April. How I got rid of it, I don't know. I do culture aspergillus and we are going to begin treating with voriconazole.
 

Havoc

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Thank you. Kinda kills the theory that once you are colonized it's always there. I just wish I knew what it was that managed to get rid of it. I don't do Tobi, but I have done some pretty hefty rounds of IV tobramycin.
 

Havoc

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Thank you. Kinda kills the theory that once you are colonized it's always there. I just wish I knew what it was that managed to get rid of it. I don't do Tobi, but I have done some pretty hefty rounds of IV tobramycin.
 

nocode

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Isn't Pseudomonas one of the main causes of mucus in the lungs? I would think that No Pseudomonas = very little mucus = feeling better.

Please enlighten me.
 

nocode

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Isn't Pseudomonas one of the main causes of mucus in the lungs? I would think that No Pseudomonas = very little mucus = feeling better.

Please enlighten me.
 

CyrilCrodius

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No, the cause of mucus in the lungs is the defective CFTR proteins.
I would think that the same... or close to the same amount of mucus would be produced, with the exception that it is not infected.
I wouldn't know though, I had PA my whole life.
 

CyrilCrodius

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No, the cause of mucus in the lungs is the defective CFTR proteins.
I would think that the same... or close to the same amount of mucus would be produced, with the exception that it is not infected.
I wouldn't know though, I had PA my whole life.
 
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