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Legionnaires and ARF

Post a new topicby livingwith on Wed Nov 28, 2007 12:41 am


In January 2007 I suffered a chest complaint I thought was mild pneumonia. On January 19th I was admited to hospital in a coma, diagnosed as suffering from Legionella and ARF. Haemodialysis required the replacement of the filtering medium four times in the initial treatment. I was treated with Arithromycin.
Before I came out of the coma, I contracted MRAB, MRSA and VISA. I was treated with Timentin and Vancomycin. My kidney function returned about the same time I periodically escaped the coma (a...Read the full article

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