How long will it take to get over staph pneumonia?

i have been sick since Jan 10th.. i have seen a PA on an acute basis who diagnosed me with bronchitis who gave me cipro x12 days & sent me home. i went back 4 days after completion and was put on a tapered dose of prednisone for 12 more days (same PA).. still no better saw her again and was put on Levaquin 500 10 days.... after 3 days i developed a low-grade fever between 99 and 102. i went to see my ACTUAL dr who said that he thought i needed to be in the hospital, sent me for a chest xray, blood cultures, misc labs, etc.. that afternoon i was admitted. i saw as an inpatient an infectious disease dr who advised that i had staph pneumonia. how long does it take to get over this? i am SOOOO tired, i feel more like i have mono than pneumonia. i can't walk up the stairs in my apt without having to lie down. it's horrible. does anyone know???

pneumonia takes about 2-3 weeks to get over.. you probably did not originaly have it, but it developed while your lungs were weak with the broncititus. this is when the staph germ likes to attack, when you are weakend, pneumonia usually comes on as you are recoveing from some other lung issue such as broncitus or the flu....

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