My brother-in-law has MRSA in his thoracic cavity, probably due to many thoracentisis procedures and (finally) a chest tube. Im wondering about a long term prognosis. His left arm is almost totally occluded with blood clots from a botched pace maker/defibrillator replacement surgery last November which has led to hospitialization since the first of the year He had renal failure which required three dialysis treatments. His kidneys are okay for now. Any info you can provided will be appreciated.
Hi I have no information why thoracentesis was done. If it is for some benign condition than prognosis is good. Your brother has suffered a septicemia which mean infection from MRSA has affected all organs of the body and that must be the reason why his kidneys were failed. Most of the time it is reversible. And his left arm has swollen may be because of vessels of that arm are occluded by clot or thrombus. It will take some time for that to resolve. I wish him a speedy recovery