It really depends on how bad it is.I had it and the dr. Had me to take doxycycline for 7 days 2x a day.they rechecked me three days after I finished my meds and it had went away.
How Long You Have To Take Antibiotic For Mrsa?
Mrsa is a highly contagious disease and you can antibiotics for a long period of time. The elderly have a hard time trying to get the infection out of the body and sometimes you can take antibiotics so long that the body become use to the drug and it stops working on the disease, depending on how severe the it is..