What about MRSA??
Anyone who has dealt with the problem before please give me your input, any little bit helps.
Answer:
Somebody's pulling somebody's leg. Community-acquired MRSA only requires a slight change in antibiotic therapy. It's routine in my community, and our local strains have been sensitive to inexpensive and commonly available antibiotics. Other communities have to dig deeper into their antibiotic armamentarium, but skin infections from CA-MRSA are not a big problem. If he got a heart valve infected, that would be a different matter, but from what little you've posted in your question, that seems most unlikely.
I don't believe there is a cure for it, but I'm not 100% sure. He needs to talk to his doctor and then get a second opinion.
MRSA (sometimes referred to as the superbug) stands for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. It is a bacterium from the Staphylococcus aureus family.
Staphylococcus aureus (SA) is a type of bacteria. About 1 in 3 of us carries it on the surface of our skin or in our nose without developing an infection - this is known as being colonised by the bacteria. However, if SA bacteria get into the body through a break in the skin they can cause infections such as boils, abscesses, or impetigo. If they get into the bloodstream they can cause more serious infections.
Most SA infections can be treated with antibiotics such as methicillin (a type of penicillin). However, SA is becoming increasingly resistant to most commonly used antibiotics. MRSA bacteria are those types of SA bacteria that are resistant to methicillin (and usually to some of the other antibiotics that are normally used to treat SA infections).
MRSA is no more infectious than other types of SA bacteria. However, MRSA infections are more difficult to treat due to the antibiotic-resistance of the bacteria. Antibiotics can still be used to treat MRSA - the infection may simply require a much higher dose over a much longer period, or the use of an antibiotic to which the bacteria is not resistant.
If you have an MRSA infection you will be given antibiotics that are still effective (i.e. that the bacteria have not yet become resistant to). Most MRSA infections can be treated with the antibiotics vancomycin or linezolid, which are normally given through injection or intravenously. Most MRSA infections will require treatment in hospital and antibiotic treatment may need to continue for several weeks.
if you was going to die from MRSA, it would be a lot quicker than 5 years. it is likely that the doctor is talking about his immune problem. MRSA is a resistant Staphylococcus aureus strain. It is treatable, but it is harder to kill than a non-MRSA. Vancomycin is one of the drugs that can be used, but there are others.
I think you need some more info on his "weak immune system." Does he have HIV or AIDS?
MRSA can treated with antibiotics. I have not heard of a doctor giving someone a 5-year prognosis based on MRSA alone.
why would u need an input like shut tha help up i would firgure u would be clueless!!
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