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I worked on a medical-surgical floor and developed a pus-filled area on my neck, in fact, the scar it left behind almost makes it look like I had a trach at one time. At its' peak, it became red, inflamed and extremely painful. I had to soak it in warm water and it finally drained. I was taking 800mg Motrin and it only helped to barely take the edge off of the pain. I was originally put on Omnicef for 10 days which didn't kill it completely and was then put on Levaquin 500mg for 10 days which did the trick. I'm left with what sorta looks like a "hicky". Dr. said it was MRSA. I know I got it from work, possibly when I was on the phone and and turned the phone downward where the mouthpiece touched that area of my neck. It was just a strange place to get an infection...