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Am A Sinusitis. Removed Ethmoid And Sigmoid. Frontal Sinus Widened. Have MRSA. Pill Not Helping. Suggestions?

Hi, I am a sinusitis "expert" as I have had ethmoid and sigmoid both removed, frontal sinus drain widened and one turbinate removed. I battle with MRSA on a regular basis, but now I have E. coli in the maxilary sinus on the right side(fortunately there isn't anything else as I just came off of bactrum and clyndomican for MRSA). I was taking heavy dose amoxicillian, but without much improvement. The culture sent in showed that the pill form would not work, but the recommendation of an infectious disease specialist was to continue taking this med. I hit day six and was getting worse on it, so what is the best medication to take for dealing with this? The only one that I have found online that has great reviews also has bad side effects of hearing damage. Others that I have found were zosyn and bioxin, but that is just from others that have had this problem.
Mon, 23 Sep 2013
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Welcome to HCM
Greetings of the day
Namasthe
MRSA can be eradicated using intranasal Mupirocin ointment. Rifampicin can also be used orally.
Take Care
Regards
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Am A Sinusitis. Removed Ethmoid And Sigmoid. Frontal Sinus Widened. Have MRSA. Pill Not Helping. Suggestions?

Welcome to HCM Greetings of the day Namasthe MRSA can be eradicated using intranasal Mupirocin ointment. Rifampicin can also be used orally. Take Care Regards