klebsiella pneumoniae treatment?

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I have bronchiectasis I am 31 years old and I have kartagener syndrome Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia I was infected with klebsiella pneumoniae, There are only two remedies that are beneficial to me imipenem and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole .

I took imipenem in hospital for only a 8 days but the infection came back 4 days after I left the hospital and tried trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole but the infection returned after the 4-day treatment , help me please

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    Have you considered going to National Jewish Health in Denver? My insurance wouldn't cover them (out of network) . i paid out of pocket for a consult, after i sent my most recent test results. It was amazing, and my local doctors are on board with the recommendations. My pseudomonas infection is under control and I left with real strategies to help keep it that way.

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    I don't know anything about the conditions that you have but I do know that with any bacterial infections if a 4 day treatment doesn't work then they typically put you on a longer course of antibiotic therapy. For example when I was kept getting lung infections I was given two different rounds of 4 day antibiotics just like you. since then I was diagnosed with bronchiectasis they started to treat me with a two-week course of augmentin every time I get infected. it's unfortunate that they put you on a 4-day treatment twice because what they may have done inadvertently is to cause the bacteria that's making you sick to become resistant to that 4 day course of antibiotic. that's my uneducated opinion. But it would be worth discussing with your doctor.

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