Stevens DL, Bisno AL, Chambers HF, Dellinger EP, Goldstein EJ, Gorbach SL, Hirschmann JV, Kaplan SL, Montoya JG, Wade JC, et al.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of Am.... Date of publication 2014 Jul 15;volume 59(2):147-59.
1. Clin Infect Dis. 2014 Jul 15;59(2):147-59. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciu296. Epub 2014 Jun
18.
Practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of skin and soft tissue
infections: 2014 update by the infectious diseases society of America.
Stevens DL(1), Bisno AL(2), Chambers HF(3), Dellinger EP(4), Goldstein EJ(5),
Gorbach SL(6), Hirschmann JV(7), Kaplan SL(8), Montoya JG(9), Wade JC(10).
Author information:
(1)Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Veterans Affairs, Boise, Idaho.
(2)Medical Service, Miami Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Florida.
(3)San Francisco General Hospital, University of California.
(4)Division of General Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle.
(5)University of California, Los Angeles, School of Medicine, and R. M. Alden
Research Laboratory, Santa Monica, California.
(6)Department of Community Health, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts.
(7)Medical Service, Puget Sound Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Seattle,
Washington.
(8)Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
(9)Department of Medicine, Stanford University, California.
(10)Geisinger Health System, Geisinger Cancer Institute, Danville, Pennsylvania.
Comment in
Clin Infect Dis. 2015 Jun 1;60(11):1732.
Clin Infect Dis. 2015 Jun 1;60(11):1731-2.
A panel of national experts was convened by the Infectious Diseases Society of
America (IDSA) to update the 2005 guidelines for the treatment of skin and soft
tissue infections (SSTIs). The panel's recommendations were developed to be
concordant with the recently published IDSA guidelines for the treatment of
methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections. The focus of this
guideline is the diagnosis and appropriate treatment of diverse SSTIs ranging
from minor superficial infections to life-threatening infections such as
necrotizing fasciitis. In addition, because of an increasing number of
immunocompromised hosts worldwide, the guideline addresses the wide array of
SSTIs that occur in this population. These guidelines emphasize the importance of
clinical skills in promptly diagnosing SSTIs, identifying the pathogen, and
administering effective treatments in a timely fashion.
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DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciu296
PMID: 24947530 [Indexed for MEDLINE]
