My brother went through a similar situation, and you're right, it is hard to get rid of, so I would absolutely take him in as soon as possible to check on the new spot. The earlier you catch it the better, especially while he is still recovering from the first case.

I am a 25 year old university student studying here in Australia, and as part of an upcoming module we have been given the task of covering MRSA indepth, its causes, symptoms, cures etc etc.

Many of the other students are referencing a lot of material from medical sources such as books, but Ive decided, that rather than take this on from a medical perspective, that I would like to get "real" stories from sufferers, their experiences, their pain, their frustrations. Their overall experience with this disease and how it has affected their lives.

In particular, Im looking for those who have successfully overcome this illness and have been able to go about their lives again. What you did, how you were treated etc.

For those that would like to help me, this will basically consist of answering a few questions, which I can send over via email, and compile your story in an interview format. The questions will be simple such as, how you contracted it, the symptoms, how you were diagnosed and what drugs were prescribed in order to fight it. You can add in anything you like.

Please be aware though that this information will be submitted as a course entry at my university so please dont send anything if you dont want your story shared.

I can be contacted at ramone_johnny AT dodo DOT com DOT au

Thanks so much everyone.

I look forward to hearing from you.

John

It is small wonder that Doctors scratch their heads because the antibiotics that should have cured the persons MRSA, simply has not done so. Then it's on to another with much the same result. Treating MRSA with antibiotics is simply not the correct way forward. Antibiotics have too much impact upon the immune system and it is that immune system that must eventually deal with these pathogens. In most cases, antibiotics are actually helping more resistant strains to develop. When bacterium develop the ability to change their basic DNA, you need something more effective than antibiotics.

Cleanliness is helpful, as is hygiene, but the thing everyone misses, is environmental surroundings and isolation by way of decolonization. These are absolute neccessities when dealing with a pathogen like MRSA.

That is why we have resolved so many MRSA cases that the medical community has failed to cure. MRSA eradication is a 'family affair' and not just down to treating the patient. Re-infection with MRSA is absolutely rife because not all the issues are addressed.

After writing personal eradication courses for individual cases (because no two cases are the same) the effect became very obvious. Over the last two years, hundreds of people have at last buried this clever, intelligent, but lethal pathogen forever..

Please never underestimate MRSA. It has the ability to communicate within the body, through intercellular communication, the ability to change its genome structure and DNA and has resisted every antibiotic available.

When I am writing an eradication course, I never underestimate my foe and always treat MRSA with the greatest respect. Respect, because although I know we are going to wipe it out, as it can't form a resistance to what we use, I always know it will try its hardest to defeat us.