Hi Connie. My daughters both have MRSA, and have for most of their lives. Actually, not sure when Kayla caught it, b/c she wasn't dx until she was 14 months old, but Hannah started culturing it when she was just about one month old, her first CF clinic appt.
Hannah hasn't had much issues with it. Kayla, has been in the hospital once for a flare up. She was on IV vanc for it. It worked ok to get the bacteria under control. It helped knock down the bacteria counts in her sputum. Then she went on oral Zyvox for another flare up, and that worked better than the IV vanc. She had MRSA clear sputum cultures for about 6 months. But it is back. When her cough increases, she is usually put on Bactrim. That normally helps keep the counts down and gets her feeling better.
I'm not too sure we will ever get rid of it, we just try to keep it under control.
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