Insision wound infection

Hi got my replacement pacemaker 1 week ago today the Dr also did a wound revision from the first one that got infected,Went to Dr today for wound check and already assumed it was a bit infected but when they took the steri strips off the wound it self was quite red as well as around the edge of where the steri strips were it also had a blister under the steri strips that was also infected any way the PA i saw said she would talk to Dr about what antibiotic to give me since i am allergic to penicillan and a couple others but it seems they forgot to call anything in should i just wait til tom am or should i go to er Its not a massive infection only had a low grade fever ,I have some doxcycycline but not sure if that will work for this kind of infection any idea would be great Thanks

3 Comments

cultures

by Tracey_E - 2014-11-17 08:11:25

You need cultures asap to determine exactly what kind of bacteria it is so they can treat it with the right meds. I would consider an infectious disease specialist rather than the surgeon. If it gets out of control, you'll have to have it removed again so it's important to be proactive.

Please go to ER

by NormaLou - 2014-11-17 10:11:10

I would echo the words of Angry Sparow.

This happened to me with my first pacemaker and it turned out to be a staph infection. You need to go to ER quickly and get a culture to find out exactly what kind of bacteria it is. This could be very serious as you don't want the infection to spread.

Don't rely on doxcycline

by IAN MC - 2014-11-18 11:11:42

Most of the bugs likely to cause an incision wound infection will be resistant to doxycycline, you need a different antibiotic !

Ian

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