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| Daisee
- Thu May 21, 2009 11:10 am |
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I underwent abdominal surgery last year. A couple weeks following the procedure my surgical wound began to ooze a large amount and overall health began to deteriorate. My surgeon called me with the culture and sensitivity results and told me to start Doxycycline 100 mg twice a day. Is doxycycline an accepted treatment for Hospital Acquired MRSA? Is it effective alone?
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| Dr.M.Aroon kamath
- Sat Oct 10, 2009 1:22 pm |
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 Hi Dr.Jagesh kamath,
Doxycycline is an accepted alternative drug for CA-MRSA(community aquired) infections.But as far as HA-MRSA(Health care associated) is concerned,the jury is still out.
Studies are on-going to sort out this problem.
In any case, Doxycycline is contraindicated in patients less than 9 years of age.
I thank you for referring this problem to me.
Dr.M.Aroon Kamath
MB BS, MS, FRCS(Edinburgh)
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