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Eighteen months ago I had a puncture wound while working in a botanical garden.Originally thought to be rose garden decease (sporotricosis)After 10cultures on my arm, all negative for bacterial, fungal and AFB. The raised infection sores grew up my arm. Complicated by necrotizing gramulomator. Hospitalized
3 times and have been on a wide range of antibiotics all this time, presently Bactrim, levofloxacin,and nuzyra.
Many months ago, contacted Mayo Jacksonville, not interested. My next step is use of VIKOR.
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@baunch What a frightening, ongoing experience with this infection! So you’ve been dealing with this for 18 months already? Apparently this is quite the medical mystery. I wonder if you could try Mayo Clinic again after it has been quite a few months since you contacted them. At the original contact it may have been such that the triage team felt that your local team would be able to clear this. Did your local doctor send a referral? That can often make a difference.
I’m not sure what VIKOR is so I did a quick search to see that they are an independent research lab doing targeted molecular diagnostics. If not Mayo, then I hope you find answers to this ordeal you’re going through!
I have to ask, do you still garden?