My 2 year old little girl keeps getting abscesses and folliculitus it keeps coming back. I have taken her to her pediatrician and they tell me that it is staph and they lance them and drain them and give her antibiotics but then they just come back. why do these things keep coming back and what do I need to do?
Hi I am Chat Doctor.  It can follow folliculitis and could be recurrent because of inadequate or inappropriate treatment. Still some rare conditions like primary immune deficiency should be ruled out. Most of the labs offer a panel to rule out primary immune deficiency.It's important to rule out more common entities like IGA deficiency, Britons Asama globulinemia and granunomatous disorders where recurrent staphylococcus infection is common. These condition scan be effectively treated when diagnosed earlier. Early diagnosis also helps in preventing serious infectionsThank you for using Chat Doctor