I had the moh's procedure for basal cell cancer on both sides of my nose on April 16, 2013.
I had an infection ( redness and discharge at both surgery sites) by the week-end. I called Dr. O'Donnell Sat. morning and explained my symptoms; he did not feel it was an infection, but I convinced him to give me an antibiotic. Unfortunately, I was allergic
to the antibiotic although I had taken this in the past. My primary care physician cultured the discharge and the result was mercer . I suffered for 2 weeks with pain, swelling, discharge, and general discomfort.
The office appeared clean; the only red flag was one nurse did not wear gloves while applying the steri strips. Make sure to question the infection rate at this practice. Mercer is a serious infection especially for the elderly. read more