Day 562 - Culture Results 🧫, Terrible 😳 GI Office Staff, & Emergency 🆘 Trach Change
Friday, July 15th, 2022 Last night we made it home just in time to suction James. Dad ran back out to grab the antibotic that was called in to the pharmacy while Mom started on nightly trach care. James' sputum culture 🧫 came back positive for the following... -Moderate Growth Klebsiella oxytoca -Moderate Growth Stenotrophomonas maltophilia -Also: Heavy Growth Mixed endogenous microbiota present These strains are gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium. James is colonized with Klebsiella, this means that every time he gets a sputum culture this bacteria will be there. We don't necessarily need to treat this bacteria with an antibiotic. However "Steno Malto" is pretty serious and resistant to a lot of antibiotics. It is bacterial species associated with mold. It's an uncommon bacterium and human infection is difficult to treat. Mom had scheduled an afternoon appointment with Lapcorp to also get checked for mold infection. While she was out she had to stop by the GI o...