Guest guest Posted September 12, 2005 Report Share Posted September 12, 2005 sorry if this is a dupe...I thought I sent it already but it wasn't in sent mail.. I read that repeated ear infections followed by repeated courses of antibiotics often leads to an overgrowth of yeast. Can anyone elaborate on this? Is the yeast overgrowth something I should be concerned with, esp. for my older son who has had the surgeries? The doctors cultured his ears I don't even know how many times (they were smelly and constantly oozing greenish brown goo before and between surgeries) and they could never get anything to grow. After the first most invasive mastoidectomy, they even had an infectious disease doctor look at him. They ended up giving him an adult strength super antibiotic that I had to administer through a PIC line at home for 2 weeks. Could this have had anything to do with yeast or would that have shown in a culture? Carli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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