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Had a abscessin on my left groin area drained on tuesday was giving bactrim to treat a mrsa infection it has on friday, am i contagious to my family??
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No worries: Hi If they are otherwise healthy, they should be fine. Nothing to worry about.
Answered 5/28/2017
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