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I was told i had mrsa and put on bactrim ds for 10 days, twice a day. after wanting to confirm dx, the dermo did a culture and it showed nothiing! dermo thinks its just back acne. he told me to finish bactrim then he will start me on doxycycline. is that
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Sounds good: Mrsa is a scary bug but there a great many different strains and many folks harbor them on their skin with no harm. A physician seeing someone with one or more pimples may feel obligated to biopsy for MRSA and treat it as such since it's by far more serious even if it's not really present. It sounds like your dermatologist made the right move.
Answered 6/10/2014
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