Is Bactrim Advisable For MRSA Treatment?

Posted on Thu, 30 Mar 2017

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Question : Is bactrim the best treatment for mrsa, discovered in a sputum culture? How contagious is this? What can I do to keep from infecting others?

Answered by Dr. Panagiotis Zografakis (28 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
not a great choice...

Detailed Answer:
Hello,

bactrim is not the best treatment for MRSA. MRSA is a resistant Staphylococcus which causes serious infections. If its presence in the sputum denotes pneumonia then hospitalization and intravenous antibiotic treatment (vancomycin, linezolid, etc) would sound more reasonable. If this is not your case then please provide the details.

Kind Regards!

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar