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MRSA in open wound??

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sam26oscar · 30/07/2013 22:09

DS 8 fell off his bike 10 days ago and scraped his ankle, we went to Gran Canaria 3 days later. He became poorly on the transfer hot and queasy and generally unwell. Following morning he seemed better and seemed to get more like himself.However he complained all the time that the scab was hurting, we thought that it was the skin knitting togethrt as the scab hardened.We cleaned it and applied germolene each night but assumed sea and sun would dry it out. It didnt. We came home Sunday and he was still saying it was hurting so yook him to a&e where they swabbed and dressed it, i got a phone call at my grandmothers wake Blush this afternoon saying he needed anti b for testing positive for the S A out of MRSA does this mean he will test positive for MRSA and what is the prognosis for MRSA in an open wound??? I feel really bad as we thought the sun would clear it up and left it too long Sad

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member · 30/07/2013 22:25

MRSA is methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus which means it's a strain of the staphylococcus aureus bacteria which is resistant to the usual antibiotics. From what you've said, it sounds like he has a staphylococcus aureus infection with no reason to believe it's methicillin resistant?

Staphylococcus aureus lives up the nose & on the skin of some people without problem unless it gets into open skin & causes infection. I don't think he has MRSA & will respond to antibiotics.

sam26oscar · 30/07/2013 22:31

Thank you didnt know if you got the MR bit of it if you tested positive for the SA!!

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Ecologist · 24/01/2014 11:40

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Pobblewhohasnotoes · 24/01/2014 12:26

Piss off Ecologist, this story has nothing to do with victims or a public health crisis. Reported.

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