02-04-2007, 07:39 AM
Hey David, my SO got that same thing about 3 months ago. thought it was a spider bite, deep purple, etc... except his swelled overnight and by his doc appt at 3:30 Pm he had a fever of 102.4 with red lines running up his arm - the doc gave him a shot of Rossefin (SP??) in his office, said it was staph, and then prescribed high dose of Bactrim and Cipro. Took about 1 day for redness to start disappearing... about a 10 days or 2 weeks to heal up.
So a warning if you get the infection, ask your doc if they have read the circular on the resistant staph. The recommendations are for higher doses of the bactrim with the antibiotics... (a sulfa drug)...
So a warning if you get the infection, ask your doc if they have read the circular on the resistant staph. The recommendations are for higher doses of the bactrim with the antibiotics... (a sulfa drug)...