My son was diagnosed with Staph Pneumonia..?Hello so here's the story. My 6 yr old son had came down with what appeared to be a cold of some sort. His symptoms was cough, sore throat, chest congestion, nasal congestion/drainage loss of appetite, fever and he had rash of some small red bumps on his face the and I took him to the DR. I was told he had bronchitis and he was prescribed an antibiotic and put on breathing treatments the DR said the bumps was just some secondary bacterial infection on his skin "maybe" caused from nasal drainage while he slept or something and said the antibiotics would help that as well (he also has "seasonal asthma") the next day he was already starting to feel much better, more active, no fever at all, I was of course very happy. Well the next day after that he woke up running almost 104 temperature and was wheezing and much more sick so I took him back to the DR. and a chest x-ray showed he had pneumonia, the DR. diagnosed him with Staph Pneumonia he was given an antibiotic shot and was prescribed a 2nd antibiotic to take along with the 1st antibiotic. Well that was on Sept. 11th and now today he is doing MUCH better as far as the cough and other symptoms he hasn't had any fever in about a week BUT now he has a rash of tiny red bumps that have appeared over his body. They are not puss filled and he says they do not itch I do not know if this is at all related to the other illnesses he recently had or what it might could be. I am going to try to get him an appt. at the DR. tomorrow if the rash is still there I was just wondering if anyone had any ideas on what this could be. Thanks for advice and opinions!
-Jaguaress
Definitely have him go back to the doctor. If it is a staph infection, it may not have completely cleared, and you want to take care of that as quickly as possible.
The other thing it could be is a reaction to the antibiotic. My major symptom, when I'm sensitive to medications, is rash. So still take him to the doctor to make sure the staph isn't still there - or MRSA - but watch him closely when he finishes the antibiotics to see if the rash clears. If you think it's the medication, definitely make note of it so that he can avoid it in the future.
Good luck.
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