If you have an infection with a resistance to common antibiotics, do you need IV!
Question: I am a school teacher that acquired microplasm pneumonia this past December 2007. SInce then, I have had a lung infection that did not repond to 4 different antibiotics. After a sputum culture, it was determined that the bacterial growth I have is resistant to most antibiotics. It is only suseptible to Gentamicin and Vancomycin. I need a course of IV antibiotics. Wondering if once you are treated with IV antibiotics you will always need an IV course of antibiotics???
Answers: I am a school teacher that acquired microplasm pneumonia this past December 2007. SInce then, I have had a lung infection that did not repond to 4 different antibiotics. After a sputum culture, it was determined that the bacterial growth I have is resistant to most antibiotics. It is only suseptible to Gentamicin and Vancomycin. I need a course of IV antibiotics. Wondering if once you are treated with IV antibiotics you will always need an IV course of antibiotics???
Not always. Different antibiotics treat different types of bacteria. The one that is causing your pneumonia is resistant to most antibiotics, and so for this you will probably need IV antibiotics (you can also get nebulised antibiotics, which can treat bacteria in the lungs).
If you get an infection in the future (pneumonia, or anywhere else in the body), the bacteria that causes this may be a different one, and may therefore be able to be treated with some other oral antibiotics.
Word of caution stop using anti-bactierial products if you are.
Because all they are doing is eventually turning the germs in your home into stains of Superbugs. Clean your home instead with Ammonia or bleach/water mixture instead....
I have no idea about the IV thing though.
This is just a general word of caution for everybody....
No you won't. IV antibiotics will only be used when they are the only ones effective or there is a need for a faster effect and better control of the medication. If, say, you get a strep throat at a later time, you probably still will be treated with oral meds.