Re: More on Pseudomonas A......

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If I visit someone wcf that has Pa, can I pass the Pa onto Abby?

Gale

> Is a person with a Pseudomonas infection at high risk of

transmitting

> their infection to another healthy individual?

> No. Pseudomonas infections occur in individuals who have a

particular

> susceptibility to this bacterium - a susceptibility that is not

> common to most people. The vast majority of people who come in

> contact with Pseudomonas will not become infected. If you are a

> healthy individual with no burns, cystic fibrosis disease, or other

> condition that may compromise your immune system, you should not

fear

> coming into contact with a person who has a Pseudomonas infection.

If

> you have a child (for example) who has a Pseudomonas infection you

> should not be worried that your child may pass the infection on to

> other healthy people who have none of the risk factors mentioned

> above. Also you do not have to worry that you, if a healthy

> individual, may be the source/cause of a Pseudomonas infection in

> someone who is infected.

>

> From: http://www.pseudomonas.com/p_aerug.html