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Post by sammy on Feb 9, 2007 23:23:42 GMT -5
Have we looked at this germ to be part of our illness? ( Mycobaterium Chelonae) southcity could you ask Tam. Any of you others ever look at this one? Thanks!!!
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Post by sammy on Feb 10, 2007 0:23:16 GMT -5
Will someone bump this tomorrow for some feed back on this. I got to work, but want to know what you guys think. Thanks a ton.
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Post by Orion*** on Feb 10, 2007 13:45:13 GMT -5
bump
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Post by sammy on Feb 10, 2007 13:56:48 GMT -5
Whoops""" sorry guys, I dropped a c in Mycobacterium chelonae before I noticed it. Will post some related pages on this later that I found. The picture shows the rolled edge like our hole eating one does. So am thinking this has to be it or very close.
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Post by lydski on Feb 11, 2007 11:21:17 GMT -5
bump
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Post by bannanny on Feb 11, 2007 23:46:09 GMT -5
Got any links my friend?
luv ya ~~ bannanny
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Post by sammy on Feb 12, 2007 7:43:19 GMT -5
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Post by ruth on Feb 12, 2007 10:08:11 GMT -5
"Amikacin is effective in 100% of isolates and cefoxitin in 85%. Additional agents that may be useful include imipenem, effective in 60% of isolates, and clofazimine, effective in 100%.
Clarithromycin, originally thought to have 100% susceptibility, is now less effective, especially when used as monotherapy." GREAT FIND FOR ME..... it also said (on another site) rifampin and clarithromycin. (rifampin is usually 300mg 2/d) clarithromycin 500mg 2/d.
the more microbes like these i explore, the same drug treatment appears. amphoceretin B, amikicin, the malaria and TB drugs.
i love rifampin, i have been wondering about which second 2nd abx. to ask for. it is clearly clarithromycin.
THANK YOU FOR THE FIND. THIS MYCOBACTERIUM REALLY SOUNDS FAMILIAR. WISH I COULD SEE PICS TAKEN WITH A DIGITAL BLUE. HAHAHA
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Post by Niels on Feb 12, 2007 12:57:36 GMT -5
i think rifamycins and macrolide antibiotics are contraindicated. that would include clarithromycin and azithromycin. perhaps it's just that rifamycins reduce clarithromycin activity... look up drug interactions on these two meds before proceeding.
i found good effect (for lyme) from a combo of claritthromycin and plaquenil (as per Dr. Sam Donta) but after a few months resistance grew till they became ineffective. i had the exact same thing happen with azithromycin and plaquenil as well.
i'm now doing rifampin and tetracycline ... seems to be working... though the rifampin kicked my ass and made me feel less-than well for about 3 weeks... now I've been on it for over a month and i'm not noticing the rifampin side-effects as much.
if you do rifampin, be sure to do another antibiotic alongside it, otherwise resistance will develop as bacteria seem to develop easy resistance to rifamycins.
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Post by bannanny on Feb 12, 2007 21:06:08 GMT -5
Thanks for the link lymerick.......
love ~~ bannanny
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