<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote><i>Originally posted by: <b>janddburke</b></i>
once you culture MRSA are you always considered to have it? can you ever get rid of it?
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it's like PA - if you catch it early it might be possible to eradicate.
but even those who don't "culture" it anymore have a possibility of still having it. as you know, sputum cultures are FAR from reliable. a bronch is really the only way to get an accurate picture of what you truely have.