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Update: had my appointment with the ortho this morning. My infection was not MRSA as originally diagnosed but septic arthritis instead. That explains why the culture for MRSA came back negative. In many ways septic arthritis is worse than MRSA. It may require weeks of intravenous antibiotics and surgery if the infection returns; additional infection can and does lead to amputation of the affected portion of the digit ( finger). As of this morning, the ortho believes I received treatment early enough to prevent a recurrence of the infection, but as a precaution ( mainly because I’ll be on the Kasilof River in Alaska starting Friday for ten days) he gave me another prescription for Bactum to take if the finger starts to swell or becomes hot. Sounds like I may not be finished with this crap, yet.