Uninformed doctors.

One of my main worries about my family having MRSA has been uninformed doctors dealing with their outbreaks of MRSA boils. My husband has never seen a doctor for his MRSA because of lack of insurance and has been battling MRSA outbreaks since 2010. Well we finally gave in because he has a sty in his eye and some boils on parts of his body that get sweaty while he's at work.

We took him to an urgent care and the Physicians assistant prescribed him Keflex for the MRSA. If you have had MRSA before and you have access to the internet you will know Keflex does not treat MRSA. MRSA is resistant to Keflex. So now we have to wait until he is assigned a doctor with our insurance and he can be seen for it by a primary care physician. I am shocked that a PA working in an urgent care would prescribe medicine for MRSA in which it is resistant to.

Very disappointed, but hopefully he can be seen soon by a PCP.

Here's an article about what MRSA is resistant to.

http://www.cdph.ca.gov/healthinfo/discond/Pages/MRSA.aspx