My 31 yr old son w/ COPD is in ICU , intubated w/ pneumonia ,type A flu and bronchitis and they did a bronchoscopy and found staph infection how serious is this they just started a new antibiotic in addition to the round of antibiotics and tamaflu they ve been using.What are his chances and how serious is this ?ps I am a single mom on food share assistance ,I earned 5000.00 last yr do not have any extra $ at this time
Hi, Welcome to Chat Doctor. Hospital associated pneumonia is one of the leading causes of morbidity in hospital ICUs. The seriousness of his illness depends on the predisposing factors like COPD and bronchitis and within how many days did the pneumonia develop. Early onset pneumonia have a better prognosis. Staphylococci are the most common pathogens causing hospital associated pneumonia and are usually MRSA types. Such staphylococci are usually multi Chat Doctor.  Combination therapy as prescribed by his doctors is the right choice. Wishing him a speedy recovery. Thanks.