# Pseudomonas, anyone here had? Tell me about it

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 24, 2023, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pseudomonas-anyone-here-had-tell-me-about-it/995070 "2023-12-24T03:20:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![dummygladhands71](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c0e974/32.png) [@dummygladhands71](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dummygladhands71)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2023, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pseudomonas-anyone-here-had-tell-me-about-it/995070/1 "2023-12-24T03:20:12Z")

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My fella has it, over a week in the ICU. I am getting frightened. Can your abdomen rupture? His belly is 4 times the normal size. The medics are pumping in all kinds of antibiotics. He’s really sick.

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**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2023, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pseudomonas-anyone-here-had-tell-me-about-it/995070/2 "2023-12-24T04:28:18Z")

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It’s a bug you only get in the hospital. It does mean that hospital folks are used to dealing with it. I’ve never had it but way back when I was a nurse trainee I encountered it on the hospital floors.

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**Author:** ![dummygladhands71](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c0e974/32.png) [@dummygladhands71](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dummygladhands71)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2023, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pseudomonas-anyone-here-had-tell-me-about-it/995070/3 "2023-12-24T04:30:52Z")

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Not from the hospital this time, from working on a septic tank, sadly. The doc said the worst he’s seen in 20 years, but thanks.