Cinti

Close MRSA

My adult son has been dealing with recurring CA-MRSA outbreaks since 2003

Treatments

Bactrim DS Working / Worked

His ID doc has him on Bactrim for about 2 months now and for at least another month. It is keeping boils at bay w/o any side effects. He just had liver and kidney function labs done to make sure Bactrim was doing no harm--all WNL.

Bactroban Not Working

Did not decolonize or prevent reoccurance

Hibiclens Not Working

Did not decolonize or prevent reoccurance

Doxycycline Somewhat Helpful

ID doc had my son and girlfriend on this for 6 months--during that time he would have very small infection sites about once every month, and as soon as he quit taking Doxy, he got a couple boils, but not as bad as they used to be. That's when doc decided to go to Bactrim next.