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How Can Recurring MRSA Infection Be Stopped?

my daughter is 20 months old about once a month since July she has had a breakout of MRSA infection in her diaper area one time it was on her leg, once on her stomach now mostly in diaper area. each time she has been treated with antibiotics she is currently on antibiotics and in the same area I can feel another one popping up? we have been for the past 3 weeks putting a 1/4 cup of bleach in her bath water. how can we stop this from happening again? I am very worried that she has been on these antibiotics so much that they are going to stop being effective!
Tue, 16 Jan 2018
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dear user

i feel your worry and you are right to get worried but we should manage this problem
mrsa is type of staph bacteria that accomodated and has resistance to more than one species of antibiotics as it has gene responsible for that
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 doesnot 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 mrsa
some times mrsa turned to visa that means intermediate resistance to vancomycin
so most important step is to do antibiotic sensitivity tesr
another 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 of your child

hope that helps you
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How Can Recurring MRSA Infection Be Stopped?

dear user i feel your worry and you are right to get worried but we should manage this problem mrsa is type of staph bacteria that accomodated and has resistance to more than one species of antibiotics as it has gene responsible for that 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 doesnot 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 mrsa some times mrsa turned to visa that means intermediate resistance to vancomycin so most important step is to do antibiotic sensitivity tesr another 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 of your child hope that helps you