Re: MRSA after a c/section-scary

From: Betsy Hyde (elishyde@mindspring.com)
Sun Oct 28 14:36:16 2007


On Oct 28, 2007, at 12:31 PM, Meenan, Anna wrote: > If a boil on a healthy 12-year-old kid can be MRSA, why not a
> swelling in a post-op wound?

I don't know if the increased reporting on community-acquired MRSA represents increased incidence or just increased recognition/reporting.

I know that I frequently have patients who complain of a pimple or folliculitis. If there is not a large area of induration, I just tell them to use warm soaks and otherwise leave it alone. If community aquisition of MRSA is increasing, should there be greater investigation of these lesions?

What are others doing?

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Betsy Hyde CNM
Branford, CT




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