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My husband had an extremely bad mrsa infection a few years ago, was misdiagnosed and almost lost his arm. he had two surgeries and iv vancomycin. he was recently hospitalized for a totally unrelated condition and has a confirmed case of mrsa on his hand
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More information?: I assume you were not able to finish typing the question. MRSA can still colonize various body sites without causing an active infection. One can usually culture it from the nares, axillia, and inguinal area. However, hand is less common but the main issue is to make sure there is no active infection.
Answered 7/5/2019
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