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Suggest Treatment For Skin Infection Caused By Recurrent Folliculitis

Posted on Thu, 4 Feb 2016

Question: my wife has a skin infection that has not responded to mult antibiotics.it presents as mult lesions with draining centers of irreg shape and erythematous borders,the lesions scar when healed but usually return in the same area.she says they itch and burn .a wound culture was taken and returned MSRA staph but did not respond to antibiotics .she has no other medical problems and this skin problem is not contageous.

Answered by Dr. Dr. Rahul Kumar (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
Recurrent folliculitis

Detailed Answer:
Hello
Thanks for the query.
She might be suffering from recurrent folliculitis.
Can you please upload a photograph of the involved area?
This will help me in giving a closer diagnosis.
Also upload the culture and sensitivity reports.

Waiting for your response.
Thank you.

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