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Has anyone ever had an mrsa skin infection? How is it treated?

ive tried Googling and can’t find any info. I don’t know for sure if I have mrsa or not (waiting on a swab) but starting to suspect it as no antibiotics have helped the infection. If it does turn out to be mrsa, can it still be treated with antibiotics? Do you just have to take the antibiotics for longer to get rid of it? Thanks in advance!

What makes you think its MRSA? Depending on where on the body this is, it might well be a fungal infection- especially if antibiotics haven't helped so far. Have you seen a Dr or medical professional about it? What do they think?

I don’t necessarily think it’s MRSA for sure, im just starting to suspect it. A pharmacist mentioned it as a possibility after looking at it.

Yes, I’m waiting on a swab for it. we’ve tried anti fungal treatments (washes, creams and tablets ) which didn’t help either unfortunately.

it may or may not be MRSA but i was just unsure what the treatment is if it turns out to be MRSA

There are antibiotics that treat MRSA. MRSA is resistant to the most commonly used antibiotics for skin infections but if the results come back as MRSA then there are alternatives they can use.

I’ve just googled and found a shit tonne of info? How have you not found info on mrsa treatments as there are around 7000 articles on it? There are 11 different types of anti biotics that treat it. As a carer I have administered various antibiotics along with cleaning the area with pink hibiscus scrub, I’ve had no patients not recover from it

I have a relative who had a deep seated mrsa infection picked up during an operation. They have extensive scarring as a result. Antibiotic treatment for mrsa would be a class of antibiotic that the bacteria are sensitive to m, e.g. doxycycline or vancomycin. It might not need to be an especially long course depending on how big/deep the infection is (where is it etc?)

that said, I do also agree that fungal might be more likely. In which case something like Daktacort might work wonders.

Sorry I should have been clearer, I did find information but nothing I could understand. It was mainly talking about treating it in hospital based settings for people who immunocomprised which isn’t me, or people staying in hospital or before an operation who are colonised but not necessarily infected which isn’t me either.

I just wasn’t sure how it was treated- tablets, washes or whatever else

I've had it, I took the antibiotics that were prescribed for it, it went away.

not sure what else to say really

If it’s MRSA you’d probably first be treated with oral antibiotics and if they didn’t work, IV antibiotics.

You need the hibiscrub stuff for mrsa skin infection. I had to use it before I had surgery recently. You can get some on amazon. Use it for a few weeks, job done.

Ah I’ve tried daktacort already which didn’t help 😞 maybe it just simply needs a stronger anti-fungal perhaps

that’s good to here MRSA can be treated with simple antibiotics just different kinds. You hear it talked about in the news as being resistant and it all sounds so scary!

Until you can see a doctor to confirm what it is, if you're looking for straightforward information about the condition you could have a look at a site called patient.info. It's written by clinicians and a lot of the information is aimed at the general public. The NHS also has lots of general information about conditions - Google MRSA condition patient, that should get you there.

Good to know it can be treated easily!

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I tried hibiscrub already unfortunately 😞 although the pharmacist did say that it would be helpful to use it if colonised but not so much if actually infected. It didn’t help it in the end. Thanks anyway though

That’s very helpful thank you very much. I’ll have a look at it now!

Oh right OK, I had a very bad infection and was not allowed surgery until it was gone. I had ulcers all over and the hibiscrub worked for me. Sorry to hear it hasn't been helpful OP.

I would have to add, it didn't smell very nice!

and I had to sit in a separate waiting room to all other patients at the clinic

IV antibiotics? 😳 gosh, I didn’t think it would need to treated that seriously. I sort of hoped there was a bank of other antibiotics types (tablets) I could take at home which would fix it and I didn’t even consider it might be a hospital thing. Is that just for immunocomprimised people? I’m not, if that makes a difference.

I’ve heard great things about hibiscrub, I’m glad it helped you! Thank you anyway.

I'd forgotten about MRSA. Pre-covid, it was what the NHS threatened to give you if you were "cheeky" enough to go to a hospital and ask for treatment. Because they can't be bothered to clean the hospitals properly. Always money for yoga mornings and their pensions though.

The MRSA or the treatment didn’t smell nice?😳 I suppose being a bit smelly is worth it to treat it and get rid of it lol.

I feel like a walking petri dish right now with this infection,

MRSA stands for methicillin resistant staph aureus.

Methicillin is an antibiotic.

Staph aureus is a common skin bacteria, of which MRSA is one form.

The swab result will tell whether you have MRSA, a fungal infection or something else. It will also tell which antibiotics will work and so likely you will be prescribed a new course of treatment if the previous ones haven't worked, or the same ones but for longer. This treatment is likely to be tablets.

the infection itself didn't.

I was cleared to return to work, but kept my distance from my colleagues for a few days!

OP- could you tell us what skin infection/rash/area you are referring to? Its very difficult to advise whether an oral/IV/wash would be advised when we don't have a clue what part of the body is being affected?

Mrsa was a huge issue at one point due to its resistance to antibiotics, they had to tighten up hospital cleaning routines due to the risk to patients