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My breast are swollen, red, skin like fever, i'm 7 weeks pregnant. prescribed dixolcillian on monday. no improvement. could i have ibc? help!

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Dr. Michael Ein answered

Specializes in Infectious Disease

?MRSA: It sounds like you have mastitis. Failure to respond to Dicloxacillin suggests you might be infected with methacillin resistant staphylococcus aureus. Being pregnant you should not take trimethoprim/sulfa or tetracyclines. A possible choice would be Clindamycin that is usually effective against MRSA and is considered safe to take during pregnancy.

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Answered 6/25/2014

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