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Old Sat Apr 6, 2019, 11:40 AM
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bacterial infection:klebsiella

well the doctors have confirmed that his fever is the result of an infection.
They don't seem worried and caught it early but I am freaking out because I put that bacteria in with stem cell transplant and found huge mortality rate articles.

PLEASE tell me someone on this forum has had this, post-transplant

they caught it early and its resistant to some anti-biotics but not meropenen which they are using

edit: infectious disease doctor is not worried, believes the antibiotics will clear it up in a few days

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Old Sat Apr 6, 2019, 05:18 PM
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Dear Shadowii,

I had fever post transplant, around day +24-27, it cleared up after antibiotics. When the white blood cells grow, there will be marked improvement in battling infections. Hope this helps.

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Old Sun Apr 7, 2019, 10:20 AM
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shadowii,

In my experience, post-transplant patients are watched very closely, because followup care is so important to success.

After her transplant, my wife and I made many unscheduled trips back to the healthcare center when she had any new or changed symptoms, and every one was successfully taken care of.

You're doing the right thing to call attention to any issues that show up. Don't be shy about bringing up any new problems, even seemingly minor ones, with the doctors.
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Old Sun Apr 7, 2019, 03:47 PM
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Shadowii,

I have had Klebsiella infections twice post transplant. The first time I was in the hospital and had just received my new stem cells. Doctors caught it early and it was cleared up within three days. The second time was related to my trifusion port about 2 years later. Fortunately it was when I was in for treatment that the infection spiked, so once again it was caught early and cleared up.

The funny thing about transplant related infections is that they have as high or higher mortality rate in the general population as compared to the transplant patients because doctors are looking for them to happen, so treatment begins more quickly and is more effective.

That being said, always treat fevers and illness symptoms seriously as a caregiver and patient because they can get out of hand quickly with the compromised immune system.

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Old Mon Apr 8, 2019, 12:44 PM
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welp, his temp is back to normal and doctors are very happy, looks like the antibiotics are working in cleaning the bacteria out.

Thanks for the comments everyone very helpful/comforting

edit: as of Tuesday morning its still there, but it is not growing

Edit: as of Thursday it’s gone!

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Old Fri Apr 12, 2019, 10:44 PM
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YEAH! Thx for sharing your good news.
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