Thanks Rowena, Terry & Dan for your replies. The staph infection is present in the spine and in the groin muscle. The man had back surgery in March and the infection started then, he was in hospital for 3 weeks. They operated three times and thought they'd gotten it but it was found to be present again in mid-August so he had surgery again. They took out all of the hardware (screws and rod) from the first surgery. The infection was present around one of the screws and all in his groin muscles. He was very weak from having been in unrelenting pain for six weeks previous to this surgery & was in critical condition for over a week. The infection must have been present for weeks again before he had the 2nd surgery in August. He has recovered enough to be sent to an extended-care facility but bloodwork shows the staph infection is still present.
I am very grateful for any help anyone can offer with this. Claire
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