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My mom is 71 years old and has been bedbound for a year with a cath, her urine was tested and she has pseudomonas aeruginosa, type treatment?
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Symptoms?: The catheter essentially externalizes the bladder and bacteria will colonize it. As a rule, no therapy is needed unless fever or other signs or symptoms of infection ensue.
Answered 9/28/2016
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