1. Failure to recognize MRSA soft-tissue infection. Conventional teaching is to treat skin and soft-tissue infections with agents such as cephalexin or its intravenous counterpart, cefazolin. Patients who fail to respond require either or both a culture and switch in treatment to include an agent that covers MRSA such as vancomycin, trimethoprim-sulfa, or linezolid. Failure [...]
I have used record reform for a complex case with multiple negligent events and I find the chronology that I received useful everytime I look at this case for any reason whatever.
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I represented a client who developed necrotizing fasciitis due to MRSA because of unsanitary conditions in jail and we prevailed at trial. MRSA skin infections have been identified among certain populations that share close quarters or experience more skin-to-skin contact. is especially troublesome in hospitals and nursing homes, where patients ...
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