draining mrsa sores

[dollyflower]

hi everyone.  i have mrsa, been taking clindamycin 300 mg every 6 hours for 4 months now.  it cleared up, went to 2 pills a day, and they all poped up again.  they are dark, and when i pop them, for the first time puss is draining.  doc says don't pick, but they hurt and get bigger unless i pop them.  for 4 months it was just blood.  there is a hard dot in the middle it hurts, but then it is relief.  any comments???Please....

[Rowena Santos, MD]

Hi,

How are you? MRSA still respond to certain medications, including clindamycin and vancomycin. It is recommended that you follow the prescription dosage and time your doctor made to avoid any resistance to your present antibiotic. I also strongly advise that you have these sores evaluated by your doctor and to let him drain them properly. Try to avoid popping them yourself. MRSA bacteria enter the body through a cut or other wound. And the pus from infected sores may contain MRSA.

It is important that you wash your hands and avoid sharing personal items. Keep wounds covered. Keep cuts and abrasions clean and covered with sterile, dry bandages until they heal. Take care and keep us posted.

[mooch62]

Hello, in 2005 my mother was diagnosed with MRSA due to drainage from a back surgery and one day she woke up not feeling good and when we got her to hospital MRSA had invaded her entire body and my mom almost died.  However the MRSA caused her to loose her ability to walk, control her bowel and bladder and it destroyed the nerves and after having MRSA, she constantly got infections of other kinds. Well she won the battle with the MRSA, only to loose her battle with SEPSIS, which is another dangerous infection. " The World's Best Mother" my mother passed away on July 10, 2008.  So my advice to you is to please be careful and do exactly what the doctors tells you to do and when you are feeling bad or start having a fever, I would call my doctor right away.  I hope this helps and best of luck to you!!!!!!!!!!!!

[sossells]

Re: MRSA treatment. A failed total hip arthoplasty revision developed mrsa and caused hugh cysts in my leg and groin. After surgery and large open wounds, I was on vancomycin home IV for 8 wks but developed a rash. Now have finished 2 yrs on daily antibiotic (minocycline and levaquin). Was doing well but have very unsightly and widespread blackening of skin, which does not clear up  I believe my darkened cataracts developed as my skin blackened, and that this blackening residue is possibly in all my  organs.
Have recently dropped back to single minocycline/day (100 mg) but believe cysts may already be redeveloping. I am reluctant to go back to the heavier antibiotic dosage but that may be necessary to avoid the extremely large cysts that were removed 2 yrs ago.
Question: is there a way to reduce or remove the large scale blackening of my skin, and is this a common side effect of long term antibiotics, such as minocycline or levaquin? Is there a better oral antibiotic (than minocycline) for trteating staphaureas? Should I accept this discoloration?

[sossells]

Re: MRSA treatment. (I posted this earlier, but I don't want to limit this to Dr. Santos or put her on the spot --- anyone with pertinent or helpful information is invited to post.)
A failed total hip arthoplasty revision developed mrsa and caused hugh cysts in my leg and groin. After surgery and large open wounds, I was on vancomycin home IV for 8 wks but developed a rash. Now have finished 2 yrs on daily antibiotic (minocycline and levaquin). Was doing well but have very unsightly and widespread blackening of skin, which does not clear up  I believe my darkened cataracts developed as my skin blackened, and that this blackening residue is possibly in all my  organs.
Have recently dropped back to single minocycline/day (100 mg) but believe cysts may already be redeveloping. I am reluctant to go back to the heavier antibiotic dosage but that may be necessary to avoid the extremely large cysts that were removed 2 yrs ago.
Question: is there a way to reduce or remove the large scale blackening of my skin, and is this a common side effect of long term antibiotics, such as minocycline or levaquin? Is there a better oral antibiotic (than minocycline) for trteating staphaureaus? Should I accept this discoloration?