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Oral cefuroxime + oral doxycycline + oral clindamycin + fusidic acid eyedrops + mupirocin good 4 resistnt staph infection? better suggestions (no iv)?
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Target.: Where is the infection? This seems like a lot of untargeted therapy. But maybe you have been rx this as an attempt at eradication of MRSA carrier state? I would suggest getting the results of the sensitivity testing and choosing one antibiotic.
Answered 6/10/2014
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