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Originally Posted by ~Christina
Hey.. Just another day. Hes not worse infection wise, Vitals are all stable. He is exhausted.. Exhausted fighting this monster and we have no idea how he got it.
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I did some googling and apparently you can catch this bacteria in tap water.
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S. maltophilia is a waterborne organism, and exposure to this bacterium can occur both in and outside the clinical setting. In the health care environment, S. maltophilia has been isolated from several sources, including suction system tubing of dental chair units (DCUs) (250), contaminated endoscopes (179), and tap water (297), all of which present possible patient exposure sources. S. maltophilia-contaminated central venous catheters and tap water faucets have been implicated in cutaneous and soft tissue infections in patients with neutropenia (297).
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Stenotrophomonas maltophilia: an Emerging Global Opportunistic Pathogen
I'm obviously not a doctor, but I wonder if your husband has neutropenia? Apparently people with neutropenia oftentimes do NOT show any symptoms, other than increased risk for infections. That could possibly explain why you didn't catch it, but he did. If he is on certain meds, then those meds can trigger neutropenia. I think you should google his meds to see if they carry this risk. Possibly also check your water filters since it sounds like people on oxygen usually require water as part of the humidifier? If you really want, you can ask for a neutropenia blood test if there are other reasons for a blood test (e.g., if he has diabetes, cholesterol, etc. as well). You can test all those conditions at the same time, so you wouldn't be going out of your way to get it tested if you're also testing for diabetes, cholesterol, etc..
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You probably won't know that you have neutropenia. People often only find out when they've had blood tests for other reasons.
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Neutropenia (low neutrophil count) - Mayo Clinic