MRSA Infection

Do you have any pets? Our dog and my father and brother passed strep around for almost a year before it was figured out that the dog was a carrier. MRSA is approprietly named because it is resistant to methacillin (I think I spelled that wrong). It could be that it got on his sheets, the carpets, the couch cushions, a high chair, door knobs, ANYTHING. A very good disinfecting would probably be a good idea. Also, although he finished his antibiotics, it might not have been completely out of his system, and when he stopped the antibiotics, it was able to flourish again. Do you go to any indoor kids playgrounds or such? Maybe he is picking it up there. I know that MRSA is a dangerous bug, and I hope Brett clears up and stays cleared up, for the family's sake.

We all carry some amount of stap on our bodies, but differant forms, the infection is due to the overgrowth of the bacteria. More than likely more than he has it but it has continued to be in normal limits. That is why the nose swab on all of ya. also he once better will still get a nose swab when he goes to the clinic or hospital due to being a pass carrier. Handwashing and contact precautions is best. the closeness off the 2 infections maybe b/c the previous wasnt treated completley. MRSA is a superbug and requires the big dogs.

Have they cultured anyone else in your household? MRSA can remain all over the house if not treated, and maybe he's just reinfecting himself at home. Just like a lot of illnesses, children are more likely to get the infection once exposed, while the adults could just be carriers. just a suggestion

The suggestion about the dog is a good one, I used to get strep all the time, and years later we heard that the dog could have been a carrier. I was just super suseptible to it.b

But MURSA is staph, and REALLY hard to get rid of. He may not have actually been re infected, but didn't get completely rid of it the first time. He needs to finish his course of antibiotics and then get tested again to make sure it's gone. He just may have a greater suseptibility. My daughter recently went through this and it took several rounds of medicine and a lot of careful cleaning habits to make sure it was completely gone. She got it working in the nursing home. And none of the rest of us caught it.
Also, he is possibly spreading it by scratching or itching the infected area and then transfering it to some other place on his body.
Lots of factors, so be sure to be aggressive with his treatments, and with the doctors. Don't let it keep going on and on. Be insistant with the doctors to get the results you need.

I would also recommend taking him to a dermatologist.