Staphylococcus aureus is a major cause of skin infection. A large number of strains are resistant to penicillin, such as flucloxacillin (1st line of treatment if no allergy) making this infection problematic to treat.
It is possible that your staphylococcus aureus skin infection can’t be treated successfully with flucloxacillin. If that is the case, get advice from your GP about getting skin swabs sent to microbiology. The results from microbiology will give alternative treatment options that the infection is most sensitive to. They may even give options that require you to have antibiotics in the hospital via the I.V. route.
For further information on skin infections, please refer to the Antibiotic Research UK, patient support page.
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Antibiotic Resistance