Direct the antibiotics towards the bacteria which is cultured. I have red patches and some acne. I am a 31 year old female. Staph infections will require systemic antibiotics to clear. Focusing on keeping the face clean will help, but will not eliminate the problem.
Most people have staph on the skin - an infection is quite a different matter.
Boils of the skin are usually caused by gram positive organisms. Your physician is trying to decrease the number and virulence of the staph or strep bacteria on your sons skin by using antibiotic soap. In general, this is a cheap and usually effective treatment and doesn't involve giving antibiotics systemically which can always cause diarrhea-a major problem in a young child. If your son continues with these infections, a visit to a pediatric infectious disease consultant might be in order. Back to Drug InfoNet Home Page.