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Urine culture
My dad has urine infection .We got his urine culture done and now have got his report - 2 sensitive antibiotics - Imipenem and tigecycline .What are the oral corresponding for those ?
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Severe cough
Ckd 5th stage pneumonia detected in x ray.. medication now claricid tab and tigecycline injection B/d for 5day... severe cough now with sputum
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Prostatisis
Last week I had consulted with Dr. Ahmed Alam and ask me to report with culture report of my seminal fluid. At that time Klepseilla pneumonia was present. Now Staphylococcus aureus (R) to linizolid and cotrimoxazol which was (S) to both antibiotics is yielded in my seminal fluid. Sensitive antibiotics as per last report are Daptomycin, Teicoplanin, Tetracycline, Tigecycline and Vancomycin.
Now what antibiotic I should take ?
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Urinary tract infection
Suffered from the same during Apr2016.. Had same problem again Mar 2017, Burning micturaction . Lab analysis of urine showed 10-12 pus cells..Treated on norfloxacin 400mg twice daily and alka tone 10 ml with water twice daily for 5 days . Felt mild relief and after 10 days again burning micturaction .. again got urine routine done , shows 2-4 pus cells..
Is it that I am resistant to norflox ..so in doubt got urine culture and AST. Report shows sensitive to almost all drugs and resistant to Amoxyclav, cefaclor, cefuroxime, nalidixic acid, tigecycline...
please suggest a suitable course of treatment. my body weight is 116 kg. I am 53 yrs old on drugs for Hypertension and hyperthyroidism.
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Serum creatinine in KFT blood test
I am 26 years old male.
My serum creatinine is 0.76 which indicates low, Urine culture found Organism : KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE
Colony Count : >1,00,000 CFU/ml.
Sensitivity test -
Organism : KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE
ANTIBIOTIC NAME INTERPRETATION MIC (µgm/mL)
PIPERACILLIN-TAZOBACTUM SENSITIVE <=4
TIGECYCLINE SENSITIVE 1
AMIKACIN INTERMEDIATE 32
CEFOPERAZONE-SULBACTUM INTERMEDIATE 32
IMIPENEM INTERMEDIATE 2
MEROPENEM INTERMEDIATE 2
AZTREONAM INTERMEDIATE 8
CEFEPIME RESISTANT >=32
CEFTAZIDIME RESISTANT 32
CIPROFLOXACIN RESISTANT >=4
COLISTIN RESISTANT >=16
COTRIMOXAZOLE RESISTANT >=320
GENTAMICIN RESISTANT >=16
LEVOFLFOXACIN RESISTANT >=8
FOSFOMYCIN RESISTANT >=256
MINOCYCLINE RESISTANT 16
KUB ultrasound is normal.However,
Post void residual urine volume: 29cc (insignificant).
Attaching Uroflowmetry report along with. Want to know is this serious indications or normal.
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