03-31-2010, 08:46 PM
Our family's been through staph infections several times since we came to Hawaii, & my husband's been hospitalized twice with MRSA - the first time for a week and was near death until they came up with a cocktail of antibiotics that worked, the second time with what presented as cellulitis. Now we're on any tiny cut immediately with povidone (first), then if needed with bactrim ointment. But the hardest place to heal a problem wound is on the foot or between the toes. That seems to be where it usually starts - cracks between the toes that you don't feel or notice. I dry my feet & between the toes several times a day. You have to be so vigilant, and it's the only real downside to our otherwise lovely tropical lifestyle. Although as a previous poster said, MRSA is on the mainland as well so we can't totally blame it on our climate.