Lake JG, Miller LG, Fritz SA, et al.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of Am.... Date of publication 2020 Jul 27;volume 71(3):661-663.
1. Clin Infect Dis. 2020 Jul 27;71(3):661-663. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciz1129.
Antibiotic Duration, but Not Abscess Size, Impacts Clinical Cure of Limited Skin
and Soft Tissue Infection After Incision and Drainage.
Lake JG(1), Miller LG(2), Fritz SA(1).
Author information:
(1)Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Washington University in St
Louis, St Louis, Missouri, USA.
(2)Department of Medicine, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, David Geffen School of
Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA.
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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DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciz1129
PMCID: PMC7384315
PMID: 31738397 [Indexed for MEDLINE]
