Open AccessAntibiotic 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/clinical infectious diseases (online. university of chicago. press)
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 , antibiotics , incision and drainage , abscess , surgery , skin infection , soft tissue , cohort , drainage , cohort study , 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.