Antibiotic Duration, but Not Abscess Size, Impacts Clinical Cure of Limited Skin and Soft Tissue Infection After Incision and Drainage | Zendy

Jason Lake | Zendy; Loren G. Miller | Zendy; Stephanie A. Fritz | Zendy

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Antibiotic Duration, but Not Abscess Size, Impacts Clinical Cure of Limited Skin and Soft Tissue Infection After Incision and Drainage

Author(s) -

Jason Lake,

Loren G. Miller,

Stephanie A. Fritz

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1093/cid/ciz1129

Subject(s) - medicine , abscess , incision and drainage , soft tissue , antibiotics , surgery , drainage , skin infection , staphylococcus aureus , bacteria , microbiology and biotechnology , ecology , genetics , biology

Antibiotics are frequently prescribed following incision and drainage of cutaneous abscesses. In subgroup analyses from a recent clinical trial, we observed higher likelihood of cure with antibiotic courses beyond 5 or 7 days (up to 10). Among this cohort, for abscesses ≤5 cm, size did not modify the antibiotic effect.

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