treating coinfections Chlamydia Pn. and Yersinia

I'm currently treating both coinfections Chlamydia Pneumoniae and Yersinia enterocolitica with Ofloxacine.

Just a while ago, I had a serious bacterial infection on my knee (one dr said Erysipelas, the other mentionned cellulitis) and an Erythema Nodosum flare, that had me hospitalized for IV Amoxicillin.

Just after I got out, the results of an earlier blood test, ordered by my llmd came in, and showed a Yersinia infection. Seemed that the dermatologist treated me with the wrong abx. Erythema nodosum is typical for Yersinia, she didn't even test me. When I went back for a follow up consult, she ignored my positive yersinia test. walked out of the office.

5 weeks after IV treatment, my knee is starting to feel hot again. I have 2 new Erythema Nodosum noduli.

I'm trying my luck again on the forum asking our members about their possible experiences with treatment of Yersinia. Yersinia is also a possible cause for the bacterial infection I had, strep and staf is the main cause, Yersinia is more rare.
I'm taking this antibiotic now and I feel both the infection and inflammation are flaring... is this normal?

I know you are not drs, but maybe you can shed some light on this.

I don't know what to think anymore...

Thank you,

MarieLS

Chlamydia Pneumoniae

In addition, we describe the influence of concentration on killing. Extracellular elementary bodies and very-early-phase and late-phase chlamydiae were refractory to all tested antibiotics except rifampin, which was very effective against early-cycle chlamydiae. Rifampin was the most effective antibiotic overall, killed in a dose dependent matter, and exhibited moderate synergism with erythromycin.

http://chronicfatigue.stanford.edu/infections/chlamydia-treatment.html

Barngirl, thank you very much for your responses , sorry for my late response...

I thought about an immune response too... I'm keeping a close eye on my knee, feeling and watching it. It's not becoming more red, still warm though, but not really hot. The erythema nodosum is just there... achy and being ugly so far for skirts this summer

I upped my burbur for detoxing, cause other detoxing methods don't do much or anything at all to me, although I still drink the lemon water almost every day. I can't take the foot baths though, sitting in warm water with my legs down without compression bandages is not good.

I took Rifampicin for about 4 months end of 2012... That was about a year after I had my pneumonia, before I was officially diagnosed with Lyme. That was again not treated the way it should have been. I came back from a holiday and the GP said I probably had pneumonia, she ordered a test, and forgot to look at the results, called me 2 months later to say I had indeed pneumonia, and that the tests showed Chlamydia Pneumoniae. My llmd wrote her that she had to prescribe me 6 weeks of azythromycine I think it was (not sure, it's been a while), she refused and only prescribed 5 days. (Can I swear going for Moderator?? - I'll put it between brackets (the COW))
I was on Doxy too, last year, but still not eridicated...

That link was so full of information about coinfections, so glad I stumbled on it.

The abx I'm getting is apparently used for persisting and resistant infections... I need to see my dr again, but he's burried under patients, I don't know how he's managing.

I want to get better!!!!