MRSA Support Group

My husband also has this problem we use HIBICLENS once a week and PHISODERM daily (body wash)we also take the vitamen olive leaf and make sure you wash your hands often keep all cut or sores covered DO NOT use the same bath towles or razors ever and change your bed sheets often.I hope this helps if you need to talk just message me anytime.

I'M A MICROBIOLOGIST SO YOU ARE ASKING THE RIGHT PERSON. THE ONLY WAY TO KNOW IF THE ANTIBIOTIC IS CORRECT IS THROUGH A CULTURE AND SENSITIVITY OF THE WOUND EXUDATE, IE PUS. THEY SHOULD HAVE DONE THAT IN THE HOSPITAL WHEN THEY CALLED IT MRSA. YOU HAVE DIFFERENT SITES WITH THE INFECTION, THEY MAY BE DIFFERENT STRAINS WITH DIFFERENT SENSI'S. ALSO, MANY TIMES THEY COMBINE ANTIBIOTICS FOR SYNERGY.
COVER WOUNDS, KEEP HANDS CLEAN WITH GERMICIDAL SOAP, USE PURELL PUMP ON HANDS, IT KILLS MRSA, AND DON'T SHARE YOUR TOWELS,ETC WITH OTHER PEOPLE. ALSO, KEEP VERY WELL INFORMED ON YOUR SENSITIVITY PATTERNS, IT IS YOUR LIFE AT STAKE.
BY THE BY, IT ALMOST DID ME IN IN SEPT IN MY FACE. I CONTRACTED IT AT WORK IN THE LABORATORY. IRONIC, HUH? GREAT RETIREMENT GIFT!! GOOD LUCK!

WB, Hi I understand your concern. I am dealing with my fifth outbreak of MRSA this time on my face. The doctor has tried several antibiotics on me and they did work for the first four. This time she decided to go with the big guns Vacomyacin. It is expensive and the drug companies are worried it will be overused and MRSA will mutate to be reistant to this drug also.
Clean, clean, clean. Best advice I have read and I'm still scared myself, clean house surfaces that you touch with bleech solution, especially bathroom and bedroom area. Change sheets daily, change towels daily. Do not allow anyone in your house to share your personal items, i.e. razors, soap, etc. GEt new toothbrush, use rubbing alcohol on toothbrush to kill germs, as well on razors if you re-use them. Keep your body clean, shower or bathe daily. Suggested to me to add 1/2 cup bleech to my bathwater at least once a week. The virus colonizes in our nostrils, ask your doctor about bactrim nasal antibiotic it may kill it, they don't know yet, works in some. Carry antibacterial wash with you and clean hands when in public, MRSA can live on surfaces for 30 days, i.e. shopping carts, handrails, etc etc.
Hope this helps, God Bless and Good luck.

I also use the Hibiclens it has worked wonders, it also comes in packets you can take with you, kinda like alcohol pads.Bactroban has helped as well and Nyacin I think for itching.thse help and the hibiclens is over the counter at Rite Aid, Walgreens and Albertsons.I have been put on several diff antibiotics and its trail and error they always do cultures after I have been on it for a few days to see how it is working.I get blood tests once a week while MRSA is active to see if meds are working.I tryed 5 differant ones in a 2 month stretch on time, but this last time, right now I have only had one, each infection is differant, Missydi is right , her reply tells you all you need to know.
Good luck and big hugs