Should I be overly concerned that I was told yesterday by the medical clinic I visited on Thursday evening that I am actually fhave a MRSA infection, not a regular Staph infection.   A week ago I went in for a few ingrown hairs in my left arm pit and one in my lower abdomen.  The largest on in my left arm pit was opened, drained, cleaned, and packed.On Thursday evening, I was given a prescription for Bactrim and told to take 1 pill 2 times a day.I went in again on Saturday for the packing to be removed and 2 was told it looked like it was doing well.  I was told the intentional lab results indicated it was Staph, but it would be cultured in the lab..Sunday evening the bump on my abdomen, which had been puffy and a bit red, started oozing and got pretty bloody.  There was also a dark pinkish oval on my skin around it.So I went to the only urgent care clinic open on Labor Day in our small town.  The PA I saw lanced it, cleaned, it and packed it.  He was concerned and thought it looked more like MRSA and was surprised this had happened as I had been taking Bactrim for 4 days.  So he recommended I start taking 2 pills, 2 times a day.  I went back on Wednesday to have the packing replaced.  Today I noticed the pink/red oval on my skin around the abscess on my lower abdomen.  Does this mean the Bactrim is not working.  What do we do then?  I go back to the clinic tomorrow to have the packing on this one changed.Thanks! Jan
Dear user feel your worry, and you are right to get worried, but we should manage this problem......MRSA is type of staph bacteria that accommodated and has resistance to more than one types of antibiotics as it has gene responsible for that.........in our clinics simple steps of treatment we follow........treatment of MRSA infection started with vancomycin antibiotic as it is the antibiotic of selection for cases of MRSA, and you can discuss this with your doctors multiple administration of antibiotics doe snot help as detection of the antibiotic that MRSA sensitive to........discuss with your doctor to do antibiotic sensitivity test as it is very important for treatment of gruesome times MRSA turned to visa that means intermediate resistance to vancomycin............most important step is to do antibiotic sensitivity tesranother thing is that bacteria transmitted by contact so if you contact with the area affected you should wash your hands before touching any other area of the body hope that helps you