Mycoplasma symptoms?

I've not found a way to differentiate the symptoms with all these infections.

Mister Mike...

Yup I am on minocycline (best tetracycline for these infections) and clarithromycin (best macrolide for these infections), plus septra DS. I am tolerating these abx very well.

Girlie... Yes Dr. Chan told me rifampin works for lots of infections including MRSA and Lyme. When I took the rifampin it was kind of 'heavy' of an antibiotic? It was tough to tolerate. I like my mino, clarithro, and septra DS. These ones are easier to tolerate for me.

Everywhere I read I can only find using either tetracyclines or macrolides for mycoplasma but they are bacteriostatic, and the fluoroquinolones are the only bacteriacidal drug for mycoplasma.

I too am considering doing the buhner herbs! I think I'm going to combine it with minocycline and clarithromycin though. Because in my opinion, these antibiotics are pretty mild and give you an upper hand with these infections. Or I may cut back to just one antibiotic, maybe just azithromycin.

Hi Roxie... Minocycline does work for mycoplasma. It is bacteriostatic. Means it slows them down, but sometimes the slowing down of them does kill them if they make mistakes in their metabolic process due to the inhibition of the protein synthesis antibiotics. Either way it slows them down so it keeps the infection in control so the immune system can deal with it easier.

Yes it does work, and it works well. I'm just saying it isn't going to kill them all. The only antibiotic that really kills them is the fluoroquinolone class. But even that won't necessarily kill all of them.

If I've had Mycoplasma Pneumonia before, does that mean I still have Mycoplasma?

I used to get it in grad. school all the time, and the doctor there told me that I was getting it from exposure to all the students.

When my LLMD tested me for it, I didn't test positive.

I also get bronchitis once or twice a winter, and I have asthma.

I have no clue what the symptoms are.

Margaret