What do the Drs do about staph infections?

[larasmommy]

Hi All

Laras culture came back and her Doc said she is culturing Staph, she is scheduled for an appt. on Sept. 6, when she will also get an x-ray, so the Dr. can compare it with the one she had in March. I was just wondering what they do for Staph?




Marie

 

[larasmommy]

Hi All

Laras culture came back and her Doc said she is culturing Staph, she is scheduled for an appt. on Sept. 6, when she will also get an x-ray, so the Dr. can compare it with the one she had in March. I was just wondering what they do for Staph?




Marie

 

[larasmommy]

Hi All

Laras culture came back and her Doc said she is culturing Staph, she is scheduled for an appt. on Sept. 6, when she will also get an x-ray, so the Dr. can compare it with the one she had in March. I was just wondering what they do for Staph?




Marie

 

[larasmommy]

Hi All

Laras culture came back and her Doc said she is culturing Staph, she is scheduled for an appt. on Sept. 6, when she will also get an x-ray, so the Dr. can compare it with the one she had in March. I was just wondering what they do for Staph?




Marie

 

[larasmommy]

Hi All

Laras culture came back and her Doc said she is culturing Staph, she is scheduled for an appt. on Sept. 6, when she will also get an x-ray, so the Dr. can compare it with the one she had in March. I was just wondering what they do for Staph?




Marie

 

[Alyssa]

My daughter has had numerous staph infections over the years and she has always treated with oral antibiotics as soon as the culture comes back - sometimes before it comes back, because she is so good a gauging when she needs antibiotics.

I know some doctors do not treat staph, I think it depends a lot on the overall condition of the patient, other bugs present, bacteria count and symptoms. My personal opinion would be to treat it - if she is otherwise healthy, the goal should be to get rid of the bacteria overgrowth. I know in some patients who are colonized with psuedomonas, the doctor may choose to not treat the staph because it is believed it helps keep the psuedomonas numbers down.

I believe the reason my daughter always gets antibiotics is because we always see increased sputum and it would be an ugly dark color. It is also the only time she has trouble with a lot of coughing. Since she went for 8 years with undiagnosed CF and lung infections, it was wonderful to actually get the antibiotic and get her cleared up in a couple of weeks - rather than thinking it was "asthma with productive cough" (as we had been told) and having her go months coughing up crappy looking stuff!

If it were me, I'd call the doctor back tomorrow and ask why she isn't starting antibiotics already.

 

[Alyssa]

My daughter has had numerous staph infections over the years and she has always treated with oral antibiotics as soon as the culture comes back - sometimes before it comes back, because she is so good a gauging when she needs antibiotics.

I know some doctors do not treat staph, I think it depends a lot on the overall condition of the patient, other bugs present, bacteria count and symptoms. My personal opinion would be to treat it - if she is otherwise healthy, the goal should be to get rid of the bacteria overgrowth. I know in some patients who are colonized with psuedomonas, the doctor may choose to not treat the staph because it is believed it helps keep the psuedomonas numbers down.

I believe the reason my daughter always gets antibiotics is because we always see increased sputum and it would be an ugly dark color. It is also the only time she has trouble with a lot of coughing. Since she went for 8 years with undiagnosed CF and lung infections, it was wonderful to actually get the antibiotic and get her cleared up in a couple of weeks - rather than thinking it was "asthma with productive cough" (as we had been told) and having her go months coughing up crappy looking stuff!

If it were me, I'd call the doctor back tomorrow and ask why she isn't starting antibiotics already.

 

[Alyssa]

My daughter has had numerous staph infections over the years and she has always treated with oral antibiotics as soon as the culture comes back - sometimes before it comes back, because she is so good a gauging when she needs antibiotics.

I know some doctors do not treat staph, I think it depends a lot on the overall condition of the patient, other bugs present, bacteria count and symptoms. My personal opinion would be to treat it - if she is otherwise healthy, the goal should be to get rid of the bacteria overgrowth. I know in some patients who are colonized with psuedomonas, the doctor may choose to not treat the staph because it is believed it helps keep the psuedomonas numbers down.

I believe the reason my daughter always gets antibiotics is because we always see increased sputum and it would be an ugly dark color. It is also the only time she has trouble with a lot of coughing. Since she went for 8 years with undiagnosed CF and lung infections, it was wonderful to actually get the antibiotic and get her cleared up in a couple of weeks - rather than thinking it was "asthma with productive cough" (as we had been told) and having her go months coughing up crappy looking stuff!

If it were me, I'd call the doctor back tomorrow and ask why she isn't starting antibiotics already.

 

[Alyssa]

My daughter has had numerous staph infections over the years and she has always treated with oral antibiotics as soon as the culture comes back - sometimes before it comes back, because she is so good a gauging when she needs antibiotics.

I know some doctors do not treat staph, I think it depends a lot on the overall condition of the patient, other bugs present, bacteria count and symptoms. My personal opinion would be to treat it - if she is otherwise healthy, the goal should be to get rid of the bacteria overgrowth. I know in some patients who are colonized with psuedomonas, the doctor may choose to not treat the staph because it is believed it helps keep the psuedomonas numbers down.

I believe the reason my daughter always gets antibiotics is because we always see increased sputum and it would be an ugly dark color. It is also the only time she has trouble with a lot of coughing. Since she went for 8 years with undiagnosed CF and lung infections, it was wonderful to actually get the antibiotic and get her cleared up in a couple of weeks - rather than thinking it was "asthma with productive cough" (as we had been told) and having her go months coughing up crappy looking stuff!

If it were me, I'd call the doctor back tomorrow and ask why she isn't starting antibiotics already.

 

[Alyssa]

My daughter has had numerous staph infections over the years and she has always treated with oral antibiotics as soon as the culture comes back - sometimes before it comes back, because she is so good a gauging when she needs antibiotics.

I know some doctors do not treat staph, I think it depends a lot on the overall condition of the patient, other bugs present, bacteria count and symptoms. My personal opinion would be to treat it - if she is otherwise healthy, the goal should be to get rid of the bacteria overgrowth. I know in some patients who are colonized with psuedomonas, the doctor may choose to not treat the staph because it is believed it helps keep the psuedomonas numbers down.

I believe the reason my daughter always gets antibiotics is because we always see increased sputum and it would be an ugly dark color. It is also the only time she has trouble with a lot of coughing. Since she went for 8 years with undiagnosed CF and lung infections, it was wonderful to actually get the antibiotic and get her cleared up in a couple of weeks - rather than thinking it was "asthma with productive cough" (as we had been told) and having her go months coughing up crappy looking stuff!

If it were me, I'd call the doctor back tomorrow and ask why she isn't starting antibiotics already.

 

[Mommafirst]

My daughter (19 months) cultures staph pretty regularly. Her docs do not treat it unless she is coughing or shows other signs of an exacerbation. She cultured it all last winter even while she was on oral antibiotics for her coughing. A round of IVs in March got rid of the staph, but at her August clinic, her culture revealed its back. Once again we were told they won't treat unless she shows signs of an exacerbation.

 

[Mommafirst]

My daughter (19 months) cultures staph pretty regularly. Her docs do not treat it unless she is coughing or shows other signs of an exacerbation. She cultured it all last winter even while she was on oral antibiotics for her coughing. A round of IVs in March got rid of the staph, but at her August clinic, her culture revealed its back. Once again we were told they won't treat unless she shows signs of an exacerbation.

 

[Mommafirst]

My daughter (19 months) cultures staph pretty regularly. Her docs do not treat it unless she is coughing or shows other signs of an exacerbation. She cultured it all last winter even while she was on oral antibiotics for her coughing. A round of IVs in March got rid of the staph, but at her August clinic, her culture revealed its back. Once again we were told they won't treat unless she shows signs of an exacerbation.

 

[Mommafirst]

My daughter (19 months) cultures staph pretty regularly. Her docs do not treat it unless she is coughing or shows other signs of an exacerbation. She cultured it all last winter even while she was on oral antibiotics for her coughing. A round of IVs in March got rid of the staph, but at her August clinic, her culture revealed its back. Once again we were told they won't treat unless she shows signs of an exacerbation.

 

[Mommafirst]

My daughter (19 months) cultures staph pretty regularly. Her docs do not treat it unless she is coughing or shows other signs of an exacerbation. She cultured it all last winter even while she was on oral antibiotics for her coughing. A round of IVs in March got rid of the staph, but at her August clinic, her culture revealed its back. Once again we were told they won't treat unless she shows signs of an exacerbation.

 

[TonyaH]

Hi Marie,

Andrew cultures staph often. He did a three week round of bactrim after his last visit and then developed a cough that was producing colored mucus. He was cultured again last week and went through pfts...his lung fuction is good but his staph went from a level 2 to a 2+. (not a huge jump at all, but still a jump.) Now we are on three weeks of clindamycin. I think the reason it is being treated is because of the cough and mucus..other times he has cultured staph and has not been treated for it.

I am just beginning to research more thoroughly the different antibiotics available and resistances an infection can have to different meds. It's all kind of overwhelming at first.

Good luck with Lara!

 

[TonyaH]

Hi Marie,

Andrew cultures staph often. He did a three week round of bactrim after his last visit and then developed a cough that was producing colored mucus. He was cultured again last week and went through pfts...his lung fuction is good but his staph went from a level 2 to a 2+. (not a huge jump at all, but still a jump.) Now we are on three weeks of clindamycin. I think the reason it is being treated is because of the cough and mucus..other times he has cultured staph and has not been treated for it.

I am just beginning to research more thoroughly the different antibiotics available and resistances an infection can have to different meds. It's all kind of overwhelming at first.

Good luck with Lara!

 

[TonyaH]

Hi Marie,

Andrew cultures staph often. He did a three week round of bactrim after his last visit and then developed a cough that was producing colored mucus. He was cultured again last week and went through pfts...his lung fuction is good but his staph went from a level 2 to a 2+. (not a huge jump at all, but still a jump.) Now we are on three weeks of clindamycin. I think the reason it is being treated is because of the cough and mucus..other times he has cultured staph and has not been treated for it.

I am just beginning to research more thoroughly the different antibiotics available and resistances an infection can have to different meds. It's all kind of overwhelming at first.

Good luck with Lara!

 

[TonyaH]

Hi Marie,

Andrew cultures staph often. He did a three week round of bactrim after his last visit and then developed a cough that was producing colored mucus. He was cultured again last week and went through pfts...his lung fuction is good but his staph went from a level 2 to a 2+. (not a huge jump at all, but still a jump.) Now we are on three weeks of clindamycin. I think the reason it is being treated is because of the cough and mucus..other times he has cultured staph and has not been treated for it.

I am just beginning to research more thoroughly the different antibiotics available and resistances an infection can have to different meds. It's all kind of overwhelming at first.

Good luck with Lara!

 

[TonyaH]

Hi Marie,

Andrew cultures staph often. He did a three week round of bactrim after his last visit and then developed a cough that was producing colored mucus. He was cultured again last week and went through pfts...his lung fuction is good but his staph went from a level 2 to a 2+. (not a huge jump at all, but still a jump.) Now we are on three weeks of clindamycin. I think the reason it is being treated is because of the cough and mucus..other times he has cultured staph and has not been treated for it.

I am just beginning to research more thoroughly the different antibiotics available and resistances an infection can have to different meds. It's all kind of overwhelming at first.

Good luck with Lara!