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Mersa ??

by Maccshouse, Feb 21, 2007 12:00AM
Can Mersa, if undetected, cause lesions on the bone and bone deterioration???
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by Enoch Choi, Mar 05, 2007 12:00AM
To: Maccshouse
By the time MRSA (methicillin-resistant staph aureus) travels from the skin to bone, one would have been very ill since it would need to travel by blood vessels, unless it went through a surgical incision to repair a bone.  One would typically find it first in other areas before bone.  See your doctor if you're worried about this, it's a very serious infection which is resistant to many antibiotics

Enoch Choi, MD

by Karen1963, May 21, 2008 04:47PM
To: Enoch Choi, MD
My 8 year old son has tested positive for MERSA and had an incision to drain his thumb and also his nail removed.  It's been 3 weeks now and the inside (webbing part) between his thumb and index finger still hurt.  His prediatrition had us get another x-ray to see if the infection could be in the bone and he said it's not (also the radiologist at the hospital reviewed it).  But my husband's primary Dr. said that the only way to know for sure is by an MRI or bone scan.  I'm not sure what to do at this point.  The pediatrition said the pain should be gone in the next few days.

by Venom_ish, Jul 05, 2008 02:27PM
My 23 year old son is currently in the hospital undergoing IV antibiotics due to an infection in his knee from a fishing accident that happened 7 days ago.  The nurse gave him a shot in the abdomen saying the doctor had ordered it to "prevent blood clots".  

I have never heard of this.  Can anyone help me on this?
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