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I have had reoccurring boils in my scalp for a yr . now i have had clindamycin and cephaxlin none work the cephaxlin suppresses them until they return?
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Try this: I would recommend that you have your nares swabbed and cultured for staphylococcus aureus MRSA or mssa. I would recommend that you try hibiclens liquid soap to shower and shampoo daily for 10 days and bactroban(mupericin) oitment into your nares twice a day for 7 days.
Answered 10/3/2016
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