A Placebo-Controlled Trial of Antibiotics for Smaller Skin Abscesses
Author(s) -
Robert S. Daum,
Loren G. Miller,
Lilly Cheng Immergluck,
Stephanie A. Fritz,
C. Buddy Creech,
David M. Young,
Neha Kumar,
Michele Downing,
Stephanie Pettibone,
Rebecca Hoagland,
Samantha J. Eells,
Mary G. Boyle,
Trisha Chan Parker,
Henry F. Chambers
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa1607033
Subject(s) - medicine , placebo , cellulitis , clindamycin , abscess , population , surgery , staphylococcus aureus , trimethoprim , skin infection , randomized controlled trial , incision and drainage , antibiotics , alternative medicine , pathology , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , genetics , environmental health , bacteria
Uncomplicated skin abscesses are common, yet the appropriate management of the condition in the era of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is unclear.
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