Pseudomonas types/strains

[bubbleville]

<P>My7montholddaughter has been positivefor pseudomonas few times in a row after completing a 28 day tobi course. The results just say Pseudomonas Aeriginosa without identifying the type (the straint?). I wonder if that's the same PA all along or is it possible that she catches it in the short period (a week) between the treatment end and the throat culture swab? How can you tell?</P>
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<P>From what I read in papers PA can be further differentiated by strainsand so I wonder if your lab provides you with such information and whether it's reasonable to insist on it.</P>

 

[bubbleville]

<P>My7montholddaughter has been positivefor pseudomonas few times in a row after completing a 28 day tobi course. The results just say Pseudomonas Aeriginosa without identifying the type (the straint?). I wonder if that's the same PA all along or is it possible that she catches it in the short period (a week) between the treatment end and the throat culture swab? How can you tell?</P>
<P></P>
<P>From what I read in papers PA can be further differentiated by strainsand so I wonder if your lab provides you with such information and whether it's reasonable to insist on it.</P>

 

[bubbleville]

<P>My7montholddaughter has been positivefor pseudomonas few times in a row after completing a 28 day tobi course. The results just say Pseudomonas Aeriginosa without identifying the type (the straint?). I wonder if that's the same PA all along or is it possible that she catches it in the short period (a week) between the treatment end and the throat culture swab? How can you tell?</P>
<P></P>
<P>From what I read in papers PA can be further differentiated by strainsand so I wonder if your lab provides you with such information and whether it's reasonable to insist on it.</P>

 

[Fran]

I think, but I'm not entirely sure that the basic testing is done & then it can be tested further to identify the particular strain.

My son picked up his pseudomonas at the clinic he was attending at the time, and it is a different strain to the one that is common at the clinic he is at now.

This happened some years ago when cross infection protocols were less stringent. On the upside he has been kept isolated because of this which suits us.

Hope someone else can tell you more.

Good luck!

 

[Fran]

I think, but I'm not entirely sure that the basic testing is done & then it can be tested further to identify the particular strain.

My son picked up his pseudomonas at the clinic he was attending at the time, and it is a different strain to the one that is common at the clinic he is at now.

This happened some years ago when cross infection protocols were less stringent. On the upside he has been kept isolated because of this which suits us.

Hope someone else can tell you more.

Good luck!

 

[Fran]

I think, but I'm not entirely sure that the basic testing is done & then it can be tested further to identify the particular strain.

My son picked up his pseudomonas at the clinic he was attending at the time, and it is a different strain to the one that is common at the clinic he is at now.

This happened some years ago when cross infection protocols were less stringent. On the upside he has been kept isolated because of this which suits us.

Hope someone else can tell you more.

Good luck!

 

[Ratatosk]

Usually we got a report that indicated non-mucoid pseudomonas Aeriginosa, which is what DS cultured, how much was there and what it was sensitive to. A few years ago he cultured pseudomonas florensens (sp). When he cultured a couple different strains of steno. maltophilia, the report indicated which antibiotics each one was sensitive, resistent to, etc

 

[Ratatosk]

Usually we got a report that indicated non-mucoid pseudomonas Aeriginosa, which is what DS cultured, how much was there and what it was sensitive to. A few years ago he cultured pseudomonas florensens (sp). When he cultured a couple different strains of steno. maltophilia, the report indicated which antibiotics each one was sensitive, resistent to, etc

 

[Ratatosk]

Usually we got a report that indicated non-mucoid pseudomonas Aeriginosa, which is what DS cultured, how much was there and what it was sensitive to. A few years ago he cultured pseudomonas florensens (sp). When he cultured a couple different strains of steno. maltophilia, the report indicated which antibiotics each one was sensitive, resistent to, etc