Question: I have had recurring Staph infections on my face. I have been to a GP, Dermatogist & an ID Dr. I have been on many antibiotics starting with Zithromax, Bactrim, a bunch of others I forget, then heavier duty ones including tetracycline, doxycycline & cephalosporin. They never were able to culture anything from my face, but I asked for a nasal swab which came out positive for a drug resistant Staph. They tailored the antibiotics around the test results but with no real results. The only thing that seems to have worked was the topical mupirocin & silver sulfadiazine cream. When my skin heals I have bumps still under my skin which the Drs say are dead skin cells. These bumps are large and burst open like pimples, but they don't stop weeping blood, unless I drain them. When I drain them they are bright red blood with stringy clot like masses in them. Then I'm back on the topicals. The silver tends to get healed under the scab, so I don't like to use it often. This has been years & the Dermatologist said I must be picking my skin because he saw it when the bumps were just bumps & then next when I was full of scabs. They're leaving scars now, and I'm having to stay away from people when I have outbreaks for fear of infecting them. Is there a kind of Dr that would be more helpful. I also sometimes have pain in my nostrils & I'm coughing. I smoke. I quit for 19 years & with my divorce picked it up for the last 4. So I'm not sure if that's related.

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