[benok]

To start with i get klebsella pneumoniae. It is ironical because it is very common with women.

[edlee]

Ecoli seems to be the most common for me,, although there are usually a few others in there, too. I tend to let the more benign ones colonize,, unless they give me a fever I leave them alone. Only when I start getting the more flu like symptoms do I treat them with antibiotics.

Till then, it's a matter of drinking enough to keep the numbers in check by flushing them out.
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[Slowlegs]

Klebsiella like you, Pseudomonas, e-coli and staph aureus seem to come up a lot. Women are generally more prone to them than men, mainly because the female urethra is shorter. There is no specifically female bacteria although the most common bladder infection is e-coli which mainly lives in the bowel.

Bacteria can be either more or less serious because of their level of resistance to antibiotics. I have had e-coli infections which are resistant to all oral antibiotics but one available outside a hospital whereas e-coli is usually susceptible to a number of antibiotics. Make sure you take acidophilus with your antibiotics and stick to the full course unless told to stop by your doctor. If you don't take part of the course then you may find your bugs become more resistant as they can mutate to become antibiotic resistant if they aren't all killed off.

Also, acidophilus contains the good bacteria which should be found in a normal human gut. Antibiotics kill them off and then you get imbalances causing an overgrowth of the wrong bacteria in the gut.

[benok]

I wonder if my having a colostomy bag is the reason for my constant klebsiella attacks?

[Slowlegs]

benok, on 06 September 2009 - 08:18 AM, said:

I wonder if my having a colostomy bag is the reason for my constant klebsiella attacks?

I have one too Benok. I think Klebsiella is just a nasty bug that is hard to eradicate.

[jules]

Klebsiella is a nasty bug, i have 2 types that usually cause my secondary chest infections

[Slowlegs]

Hi Jules. Yes, klebsiella pneumoneae and pseudomonas can both cause lung infections. Apparently they are both culprits in pneumonia in a lot of hospital patients. Paras, but particularly quads can be susceptible to these. For years I never mentioned difficulty of breathing to my doctor that I experienced with uti's, just thinking I was just unfit. It is important if you get shortness of breath, wheezing, etc as sometimes doctors don't check the lungs.

[Stickman]

I dont know, they dont tell me sometimes ut the ones i hear of are e.coli and mrsa, i have one now and going to find out monday what it is, luckily they put a foley in for a while so i wont be wetting myself for a while! This one made me feel like i had a flu though im getting better