Re: Re: enterobacter cloacae/E/ Coli

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Hello, listers and lurkers, I have not taken the time to look this one up,

but I THINK that E. Colii are Escherus Coli, not enterobacter cloaciae

(sp?). Will someone get this straight--if not, I will look it up, but I am in

the middle of a WORD page project and do not want to leave it just now.

n, with odd priorities. . .

enterobacter cloacae

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> It has been a long time since I posted. It was a difficult

christmas as

> Henry got really sick. He was/still is a mess. It started with

runny nose,

> fever around 100, and then progressed quickly to a blocked nose

with green

> and yellow stuff and then he woke up with eyes and nose crusted

over with

> this goo. He was very irritable and would fall asleep in our arms

and

> immediately at bedtime. A few days of eye drops and 9 days of

augmentin

> starting on new years eve, and he is still very congested. At times

he is so

> congested he gags, almost vomiting and his cough has been worsening.

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> We saw his pediatrician yesterday and he prescribed Bactrim because

a call

> to the cf clinic showed that he had cultured Enterobacter cloacae

in his

> last two cultures. The problem with the bactrim was that we had 1.75

> teaspoons to get down and he vomited if he swallowed just a little.

Two

> vomiting spells later, this evening we started a prescription for

zithromax.

> He doesn't want to even try it and he spits it out. I am not sure

how much

> of the initial dose went in. It is all trying on my nerves, as I am

not

> feeling that great either. I am concerned that this is getting ugly

fast and

> that it isn't going to get better if we can't get antibiotic down

his

> throat. Mixing the zithromax into babyfood seemed to temporarily

jeopardize

> the enzymes at the next feeding. He was highly suspicious. Any

comments or

> suggestions? He has a clinic visit thursday and we will see an ENT

then.

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> mom to Henry 2 years old w/cf

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