HIGHER doses of trimethoprim/ sulfamethoxazole (TMP/SMX) for certain skin infections
July 2005
Some experts are now recommending HIGHER doses of trimethoprim/ sulfamethoxazole (TMP/SMX) for certain skin infections...specifically infections that are likely methicillin-resistant Staph aureus (MRSA).
These resistant bugs used to be mainly hospital-acquired. Now many are COMMUNITY-acquired.
Community-acquired MRSA skin infections are usually treated with TMP/SMX, minocycline, doxycycline, or clindamycin.
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