Health Blog April Archive

MRSA and Antibiotics

By Lizzie Botticelli at 04/13/07 11:12

Being a parent of a child who has recurring MRSA skin infections, I am concerned about the repeated use of antibiotics.

She was hospitalized for a week and given intravenous Vancomycin to kill the bacteria in her wound. She had developed a "boil" in the crease of her leg and subsequently from what I understand, the bacteria became flesh eating.

Now, what happens every time she has a recurrence? I can only imagine that in a short time, the antibiotic they give her will no longer be effective.

MRSA and Antibiotics

Being a parent of a child who has recurring MRSA skin infections, I am concerned about the repeated use of antibiotics.

She was hospitalized for a week and given intravenous Vancomycin to kill the bacteria in her wound. She had developed a "boil" in the crease of her leg and subsequently from what I understand, the bacteria became flesh eating.

Now, what happens every time she has a recurrence? I can only imagine that in a short time, the antibiotic they give her will no longer be effective.