MRSA Support Group

I feel ike Ive opened a can of worms so I wanted to jump back in the discussion. Community aquired MRSA is clearly on the rise...any MRSA infection acquired by persons who have NOT been recently (within the past year) hospitalized or had a medical procedure (dialysis, catheters, surgery) are known as CA-MRSA (community aquired MRSA) MRSA is often sensitive to bactrim and other oral antibiotics so can be treated in ways other than Vancomycin.
The CDC has a fact sheet for patients on their website (CDC.gov) that is quite good.

Regarding people who are colonized with MRSA...and want to eradicate MRSA from their system. Yes there is a protocol that the CDC has NOT officially endorsed yet. It is a 5 day protocol which is the following
1) chlorhexidine gluconate 4% (Hibiclens) to wash daily
2) Bactroban nasal ointment one application to each nostril three times daily
3) Chlorhexidine gluconate mouthwash 0.2% or oral spray 0.2% gargled or sprayed to the throat four times a day (I had never had a pt use this)
Check out the CDC website for more facts.
Dr O.
Posted on 08/30/06, 07:08 pm