Pseudomonas aureginosa - Anybody???

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Okay, this is disturbing to me. My daughter and I were talking and she told me

that a couple of months ago she blew her nose and saw blue fiber kinds of

things. It seemed to clear up and then same thing happened a a month or so ago.

She never thought too much about it, but for some strange reason it came up

today. I have never talked to her about Morgellons or threads or anything. She

said she is nervous about coming over to my house and I can't say I blame her.

But, she also has some kind of mold growing in her apartment. So I turned to

the internet (of course) and saw the following:

Pseudomonas aureginosa is a bacteria which produces a compound called pyocyanin.

This compound is pigmented (it is blue). If you noticed blue streaks in your

sputum, you probably have a P.aureginosa infection.

P.aureginosa is a " ubiquitous " organism, meaning it is everywhere. Your body

should fight it off naturally. If the infection persists, however, it could be

that some other factor is weakening your immune system.

P. aeruginosa secretes a blue-green pigment called pyocanin that can be used for

identification. The bacteria also produces collagenase, an enzyme that degrades

collagen fibers.

I do not know if this could be the same type of threads we have been seeing or

not, however, a recent article published by " Science " indicated the following:

Bacterial-fungal interactions have great environmental, medical, and economic

importance, yet few have been well characterized at the molecular level. Here,

we describe a pathogenic interaction between Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Candida

albicans, two opportunistic pathogens. P. aeruginosa forms a dense biofilm on C.

albicans filaments and kills the fungus. In contrast,P. aeruginosa neither binds

to nor kills yeast-form C. albicans. Several P. aeruginosa virulence factors

that are important in disease are involved in the killing of C. albicans

filaments. We propose that many virulence factors studied in the context of

human infection may also have a role in bacterial-fungal interactions.

I have not read the complete article but essentially it talks about the

bacterial relationship (P-aureginosa) forming with a fungus (yeast) to form a

virulent pathogen.

The result in humans is a devastating sickness which although curable is slow to

respond to antibiotics.

This ramps up my desire to have my daughter tested immediately. But I also know

that Morg suffers have no strong voice and are often ridiculed. I was wondering

if any Morg suffers have encountered a doctor who might discuss this fairly well

known pathogen (P-Aureginosa). I don't know if there is a link but several

people complain about blowing their nose and seeing blue streaks. Again, this

and what Morg sufferers see may be worlds apart, but heck, thought I would put

it out there anyway.

Terry