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Topic: Anyone heard of Ertapenem?

4Seasons
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My daughter was hospitalized earlier this month with a blood infection (klebsiella pneumoniae) and put on 14 days of the antibiotic Ertapenem.

While on the abx we noticed a drop in her Bartonella-like symptoms - mood mostly, anxiety, rage, etc.

We just stopped today and it is all back. It could be hormonal.

I am going to call her LLMD and ask him what he thinks, but I wonder if anyone has heard of this antibiotic being used for bart, babs or lyme?

[ 06-16-2009, 04:53 AM: Message edited by: 4Seasons ]

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tcw
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It is one of the abx in a class called carbapenems, others in the class are Merrem, Primaxin and some others whose names I can not remember right now.

Some patients here have been prescribed them, a search for those names should bring up some results. I do not remember anyone indicating that they were a breakthrough drug, but I do think they worked well in some instances.

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CD57
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4seasons, has your daughter treated for babesia? The mood stuff could be babesia rather than bartonella.

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4Seasons
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Yes, she is currently on IV Zith and Mepron for Babesia.

We know she has bartonella, but we aren't treating it at the moment.

Maybe her mood stuff is a herx from the Babs treatment? But why would it disappear with the Ertapenem?

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