It made huge difference. Now I need to flush all the dead stuff out of me and try to kill LD.

It was very expensive, but short treatment with horrible side effects after the 1st IV.

E-mail me, if you want to know more.

I've never heard of either of those abx being used to treat a Mycoplasma Fermentans infections but I'm no doctor.

Fluoroquinlones (Levaquin, Cipro, etc.) are usually the best choice against that pathogen. They have bactericidal activity against it.

Looky what I found in my notes:

"The recommended treatments for diagnosed mycoplasmal blood infections require long-term antibiotic therapy, usually multiple 6-week cycles of doxycycline (200-300 mg/day), ciprofloxacin (1,500 mg/day), azithromycin (500 mg/day) or clarithromycin (750-1,000 mg/day). Multiple cycles are required, because few patients recover after only a few cycles, possibly because of the intracellular locations of mycoplasmas like M. fermentans and M. penetrans, the slow-growing nature of these microorganisms and their ability to exhibit persistence as dormant forms and their relative drug sensitivities. For example, of 87 GWI patients that tested positive for mycoplasmal infections, all patients relapsed after the first 6-week cycle of antibiotic therapy, but after up to 6 cycles of therapy 69/87 patients recovered and returned to active duty."

This was found during my research when I found out I've got M. Fermentans. I can't say what study it's from. I don't remember.

I'll also say one thing that a LLMD told me. He said that Bb sheds their flagella (sp?) and some of the stuff that comes off looks exactly like Mycoplasma. Some people are being dx'd with mycoplasma and don't actually have it.

Oops. One more thing. Ketek is also being used for mycoplasma now.

Good Luck,

i think it stands for Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal infections.

it is an autoimmiune condition triggered by strep infections that results in things like OCD and Tourette's

i believe it is treated with antibiotics and IVIG.

it might be worth looking into.

if you want me to look up more info you let me know.

maybe try Google for "PANDAS, OCD" or "PANDAS, sterptococcus"

"I'll also say one thing that a LLMD told me. He said that Bb sheds their flagella and some of the stuff that comes off looks exactly like Mycoplasma. Some people are being dx'd with mycoplasma and don't actually have it."

What are you saying? The Bb's flagella could be mistaken for DNA from a mycoplasma in a PCR test? I find that hard to believe. How are these mycoplasma infections being diagnosed?

Barrie, What strain of mycoplasma did she have? What other co-infections did she have? Rifampin is commonly used for bartonella.

The only further thing I can remember the doc saying is that mycoplasma and the slough off of Bb look exactly the same. I'm not sure if he meant under a microscope or on a pcr dna test.

The comment was in response to my + pcr for m. fermentans. I'll have to ask more ?'s the next time I'm in there.

This doc tends to do a lot of lecturing during my appointments and I don't always get to follow up on all that is said.

Best wishes,

So far I can only find that it is indicated for treating mycobacterium infections not mycoplasma infections.

Again, I'm no doctor.