How Do I Know If My Ear Infection Is MRSA?

Kevin Ende, MD • December 13, 2019

What do I do about an ear infection that won't go away?

This is a really important topic as we have been seeing a lot of ear infections that are resistant to standard antibiotics. Your pediatrician will treat a standard ear infection, but what if you use ear drops and oral antibiotics and it still doesn't go away? Many of these types of persistent infections end up being fungal or a resistant Staph infection known as MRSA which can spread to other parts of your body and is sometimes deadly. If your doctor does not read the latest articles on MRSA infections, he may be unable to eradicate this infection quickly for you or your child.

A recent article in the International Journal of Otorhinolaryngolgoy by Glenn Isaacson, MD at Temple University has described a game-changing treatment for this condition that has been working extraordinarily quickly for our patients at NJ Eye and Ear. Dr. Isaacson describes physician installation of Mupirocen 2 percent into the infected ear canal if other methods have failed and we have been using this with amazing success. If you or your child have an ear infection that has been treated but won't go away, you may have an MRSA infection and you should call us right away.

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