Can someone give me some insight ? My pre-teen son has a knee infection and the Dr. says it is MRSA and gave me Keflex. After reading a little I called and told her Keflex does not work against MRSA and Bactrim does. She then said she ASSUMES it is MRSA but won't know 100% until the culture comes back in 4 days. I asked her then why dont you just put him on Bactrim to kill the worser of two evils. She called in the prescription for Bactrim; my question is: will Bactrim kill whatever the infection is (MRSA and Non-MRSA) and is this a good idea ? My thinking is that we should attack the potential worse virus first, we can alway knock out the lesser next week if the culture comes back negative or the Bactrim does not work !! I guess what I am saying is it sounds like Bactrim is better than Keflex, so why not just use the better medication if that one will work for any baccterial infection INCLUDING MRSA ?? Please Advise !!
2007-10-19
03:38:43
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