Re: [QUAD-L] Lori, and others with indwelling type caths.

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Hi Dan,   I don't know that leviquen will work with Pseudomonas as it did not with me.  I was on 2 IV' s four over one month and another month of one of the same medications in my nebulizer at home that the visiting nurses taught my aid to do.  It was a long ordeal.  I was sick four over two months before they diagnosed.  The whole time being suctioned a lot.  I finally went to a lung Doctor to get diagnosed.  I went to ER twice for diagnosis.. I found that you must get a tracheal culture anytime to be diagnosed, now I always do.. I guess you are talking about urinary Pseudomonas, and mine was lung, it seems like they would be similar in treatment although I don't know.   . Dana (C-4-5, 31 years post, 52, KC)     belong  of In a message dated 9/15/2005 4:42:57 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:      Lori, I know you had quite a problem with a PROTEUS infection. I had a very serious PSEUDAMONAS infection that put in into the hospital for 1 week on IV drugs about a year and a half back, that my Urologist said he knew about but wanted to let it go, to see if I could get better on my own.....Well it really messed me up and destroyed much of my white blood cells back then. NOW this Urologist say's I must go to my family Doc for all bladder infections. Well my family Doctor just told me I got Pseudamoas AGAIN Today ! He wants to try and treat it with ORAL anti-biotics -- Levequin.  Do any of you know if the more serious types of bacteria can be treated like that or do they require IV Drugs ?? I'm Lost and confused on this...as my Doctors seem unsure themselves. I just gave blood today to see if my blood cells are messed up again............   Thanks,        Dan   .