Open AccessInfecciones de piel y partes blandas en pediatría: consenso sobre diagnóstico y tratamiento
Author(s) -
Sap Comité Nacional de Infectología
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
archivos argentinos de pediatría
Language(s) - Spanish
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.236
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1668-3501
pISSN - 0325-0075
DOI - 10.5546/aap.2014.96
Subject(s) - streptococcus pyogenes , medicine , epidemiology , dermatology , soft tissue , erythromycin , staphylococcus aureus , staphylococcal skin infections , skin infection , health professionals , health care , surgery , antibiotics , pathology , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , political science , bacteria , genetics , law
Skin and soft tissue infections are a common reason for consultation in primary health care centers. Data from the local epidemiology of these infections are rare, but Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pyogenes are known to be the major etiologic agents. The appearance in recent years of community-originated strains of methicillin-resistant S. aureus and erythromycin-resistant pyogenes raises controversy in the choice of initial empirical treatment. This national consensus is for pediatricians, dermatologists, infectiologists and other health professionals. It is about clinical management, especially the diagnosis and treatment of community-originated skin and soft tissue infections in immunocompetent patients under the age of 19.