Ralstonia Pickettii infection

[Lapis5]

Just got rid of Ecoli in my lung after 10 days of Iv Meropeum only to see lab results today and Now this>\.

Has anyone had this and know how they got it???????????????

Pls advise. Thank you

[Ergendl]

It's found in soil. Have you been doing any gardening or handling any veg or plants with earth on?

[Lapis5 in reply to Ergendl]

never but on iv meds and saline flush

[peege]

Are they treating it? Treatment may be different in America & you have different information websites. I read that it's also waterborne in plastic water pipes, because particles are so tiny it doesn't filter well through tiniest gauge filters.

Do you drink spring water perhaps that's filtered down through soil ?

Also this info found on Wikipedia:

Ralstonia pickettii is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped, soil bacterium.[2]

Ralstonia pickettii

Scientific classificationedit

Domain:

Bacteria

Phylum:

Pseudomonadota

Class:

Betaproteobacteria

Order:

Burkholderiales

Family:

Burkholderiaceae

Genus:

Ralstonia

Species:

R. pickettii

Ralstonia pickettii is a Betaproteobacteria species found in moist environments such as soils, rivers, and lakes. It has also been identified in biofilms in plastic water pipes. It is an oligotrophic organism, making it capable of surviving in areas with a very low concentration of nutrients. Several strains have shown an ability to survive in environments highly contaminated with metals. The ability to persist in these harsh conditions makes R. pickettii a candidate for bioremediation.[3]

Ralstonia pickettii and R. insidiosa are emerging pathogens in hospital settings.[4] R. pickettii pathology does not follow an easy definition; although no fully healthy human has ever become ill from it, the bacterium has seriously affected humans with poor health. Several hospitals have reported outbreaks—in particular, patients with cystic fibrosis and Crohn's disease have been shown to be infected with R. picketti. Of the 55 reported cases of such infection, the majority are due to contaminated solutions such as water, saline, and sterile drugs.[5] These solutions are usually contaminated when the product is manufactured, because R. pickettii has the ability to pass through 0.45 and 0.2 µm filters that are used to sterilize medicinal products. The majority of R. pickettii and R. insidiosa isolates showed susceptibility to most of the antibiotics tested.[6] The most effective were found to be the quinolones and sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim. The two bacterial species can be difficult to tell apart.[7][8]

[Lapis5 in reply to peege]

thks for this. just started Cipro oral for 10 days. Wish I knew for sure how i got it,, just finished iv antibiotics and was flushing w saline each time for 10days so maybe that is how. this is terrible.

[peege in reply to Lapis5]

That's good, I'm glad you have cipro so quickly. ××

[Lapis5 in reply to peege]

i use bottled spring water. the purified does not taste good,

[katiepudding2]

I had E coli in my sputum a few years ago which was treated by two course of ciproxin in the UK. Not had it since and no idea how it got there and neither have my medics!

[eleanordigby]

I looked it up. It seems to have previously been regarded as a strain of pseudomonas or burkholderia, but not as insistent a threat as the common aeruginosa/cepacia strains of those two. Maybe it’s opportunistic & has invaded because you’ve been so unwell? It happens to me sometimes, just because my immune system is poor. It sounds as if cipro has a good chance of eradicating it 🤞

Where’s that guy whose daughter had CF, he was a mine of information! I’ve forgotten his name 🤔