Recently diagnosed with MRSA

Nosty2002 · 06-25-2004, 04:57 PM

I just found out Wednesday that I have MRSA. They found it while culturing my urine since I've suffered a UTI for almost 4 weeks now. I've been on macrobid and levaquin(still on it) and now I'm taking bactroban for the MRSA. I gave brith to my second child June 3, 2004 after being induced because of a UTI and kidney infection, now they think I had the MRSA then(more then likely since I've been in and out of the hospital with kidney problems the last two years) which would mean my daughter, this innocent three week old little baby is now colonizing the bacteria. I feel horrible, but it's not my fault either, I didn't ask to be infected, none of us did.

On to the bad new I got today...

I've been having horrible back pain, so yesterday I had a CT scan on my kidneys. I have stones in both kidneys that are blocking the ureters, the biggest being 6mm. I have to see a urologist ASAP and am so scared that it will require surgery, this with only complicate the whole MRSA thing.

Does anyone know id MRSA can cause kidney problems?

Thanks for listening!

~Emily~

butterflytrans · 06-26-2004, 12:33 AM

Hey there emily.....sorry you have to go through what you're going through--it must be so tough.

In response to your question, yes MRSA can cause kidney troubles as can any other bacterial/parasitic infection of the genitourinary tract. Kidneys can often be involved in a complicated bladder infection because the infection ascends up the ureters and then gets to the kidney--which is why you can get back pain with a serious bladder infection. Additionally, if you are already prone to making stones, bacteria in the urinary tract can be the precipitating factor (pun intended) in causing stones to form.

Has your child had any ill-effects from your MRSA infection? And by the way, MRSA colonization is not necessarily a bad thing unless the bacteria gets in to a cut and causes an infection. It's also a bad thing if you're in the hospital as it can pass to other patients whose immune systems are already weakened.

ashyb · 01-14-2005, 12:24 PM

hi. my name is ashley im 18 and i just found out that i have mrsa. I had test done about 3 months ago but they never told me the results. So i have been having boils all over my body i have been to the hospital several time because i couldn't walk because they hurt so bad and they never metioned anything to me about MRSA.. They said that theya re some kind of bites. So i have been on antibiotics since July and they wouldn't go away.. then some 1 mentioned to me about mrsa and i looked up info on it and i thought i might have it. so i called the hospital and got my results and they told me that i do have MRSA but that is it... i am very upset my new dr told me all the antibiotics that i was on befor my body is amuned to them... and now im on this really strong antibiotic to get they boils under control and now it seems like my health is just getting worse... Can you tell me anything i can do about this? i really need some information from some 1 who has it to see what they have done and what they have gone through with it.. I am really scared because it seems to me that it is just getting worse and worse and i want sum in put so please can you help me..... some 1

ashyb · 01-14-2005, 12:26 PM

i need some input and some 1 to help me please.

butterflytrans · 01-14-2005, 02:45 PM

Ashyb;

MRSA, you probably already know stands for methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus. The bug itself is actually not any more infective than a normal strain of Staph aureus, but the difference is that it is resistant to the semi-synthetic penicillins that are normally used to fight staph: naficillin, cloxacillin, dicloxacillin and methicillin (methicillin isn't used anymore because of its toxicity). So, I have a feeling that since you've been shown to be MRSA, you're on vancomycin. Is that correct? Have you been referred to an infectious disease specialist?