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Posted 10/5/2014 3:02 AM (GMT 0)
I currently have a wound on my right outer ankle. It has had a wound vac on it for (3) weeks now with great results so far. But, my doctor says I have a Pseudomonas infection in the wound. They had tried a script of Levaquin 500MG for (5) days but said it did not help. Now, he is wanting to admit me into the hospital to get IV antibiotics. I am kind of hesitant because the last (3) times I went into the hospital I became infected. I am currently taking Amoxicillin 500mg from my previous IV antibiotic infection (3 weeks ago, for 6 weeks) and still have some Levaquin.
Is this a deadly infection? Any advice is greatly appreciated.
Posted 10/5/2014 3:36 AM (GMT 0)
Hi disabled & welcome.

So sorry to hear what you are dealing with. Any infected wound is pretty rotten to deal with, but Psuedomonas is even more so,

I understand your hesitation to be in hospital - but one problem with the pseudomonas bacteria is that it's very good at mutating and becoming resistant to most commonly used antibiotics and of those that are left, almost all need to be given IV and can be quite hard on your body.

I'm not sure where you live or what sort of hospital/nursing systems might be set up where you are, but maybe it's possible to see whether there is a "hospital in the home" type service available? If you're not familiar with it, this is (at least as far as giving antibiotics goes) getting you into hospital for the first couple of days and setting you up with either regular IV or PICC line, then sending you home and a nurse visits each day to check on you and give you the meds. Depends of course on what sort of meds you need and how often you need them.

Very best of luck.

Laura
Posted 10/5/2014 9:31 PM (GMT 0)
It can be if not controlled. I had pseudomonas pneumonia and spent a number of days in the ICU. It sounds like your dr has been monitoring things pretty closely, so I would listen. A healthy immune system combined with strong IV antibiotics can knock it out. I'm immunocomprised and have lung issues anyway so it hit me pretty hard.
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