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Can I Take Rocephin Shot For Staph Infection?
am a lady of 24 years old, 1.65m tall and have been having a recurring set of infections in the past 10 months, firstly it was heavy growth of staph aureus and after months of medication and relapse, a 10 dose IV injection of rocephin seems to have sealed it,only to find out a month later that i am diagnosed of infection due to proteus merabilis,i have only one sexual partner and its the same with my husband, how do I stop them permanently
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Hello there,
I am dr.milan an infectious disease specialist answering your question,
First you need to go for complete treatment schedule as per sensitivity of proteus infection.
DOse and schedule is varied according to site of infection.
I need to know proteus infection is from which of your body site.
THough rocephin also covers this proteus infection as well as staph aureus. But if it is Staph.aureus which is MRSA than this rocephin is not found usefull.
So, check your report is it mention there it is MRSA negative or something like that. If it is MRSA negative and you have taken rocephin that have cleared staph infection. and now you have been encountered proteus infection from somewhere so you need to treat that only.
Simultaneous your husband also need to be treated according to sensitivity pattern.
Hope i have given appropriate guidance to you.
if you have any query you can consult me anytime.
Give me star rating according to your satisfactory level.
Thanking you.
I am dr.milan an infectious disease specialist answering your question,
First you need to go for complete treatment schedule as per sensitivity of proteus infection.
DOse and schedule is varied according to site of infection.
I need to know proteus infection is from which of your body site.
THough rocephin also covers this proteus infection as well as staph aureus. But if it is Staph.aureus which is MRSA than this rocephin is not found usefull.
So, check your report is it mention there it is MRSA negative or something like that. If it is MRSA negative and you have taken rocephin that have cleared staph infection. and now you have been encountered proteus infection from somewhere so you need to treat that only.
Simultaneous your husband also need to be treated according to sensitivity pattern.
Hope i have given appropriate guidance to you.
if you have any query you can consult me anytime.
Give me star rating according to your satisfactory level.
Thanking you.
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