my 3yr old granddaughter was just diagnosed with MRSA, will she always have this?

Question:

has been getting these boils so this last time we brought her in it was infected and they drained it and sent in a culture. My daughter works with the elderly. Could she have given it to her and been a carrier. My daughter says she will have it the rest of her life is this true. Who is at risk. we often have her over and what do we need to watch for?

Answers:
Once someone is "colonized " with MRSA- it is very difficult to get rid of that colonization.
(some work has been done with usuing topical Bactroban (a prescription anti skin infection cream). MRSA infection is treatable with a few common antibx including Bactrim, and clindamycin(orally).

So to prevent other people from "catching it "
try to avoid open wounds especially when she is around (don't shake hands with her if you have bug bite or open sore, etc..)

So more and more children are getting MRSA, some from the elderly, some from other kids,
Your grandaughter can try Bactroban to irradicate colonization, but it may be too late.

If you get an open sore that doesn't want to heal and gets crusted off ("impetigionized"), go to your own MD and tell him about your family's MRSA risk so that these other antibiotics are used to treat you (not just 'keflex")

Good luck

We all have MRSA. We just have to have something to "set it off" but there are meds that will help with it.

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