Saturday, August 10, 2013

SPONTANEOUS HUMAN COMBUSTION (SHC) &TREATMENT


REF;-AN INFANT ON TREATMENT AT KMC HOSPITAL FOR BURNS DUE TO SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION-YESTER DAY
The causative methogenic microorganism is archaeobacteria which is an anaerobe(needs no oxygen to live)

Treatment:metranidazole is a time tested anaerobic antibiotic over 3 decades So theoritically this may be a logical treatment option Child may require along term prophylactic therapy with this drug

Recomended drug dose:7.5 mg 8hrly/kg for 7 days-iv/oral,followed by 4mg/kgdaily once oral for 7days,then 4mg/kg twice weekly for 6 weeksto make organisms impotent.May requirerepeat prophylaxis after skin &stool culturerepeatedly.Skin culture is necessary as the mathane gas evaporation is through skin..So like staph,strepto this methogenic organism's presence in the skin has to be ruled out

Auther's ID drselvarajp@yahoo.com---phone9841354335

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