Medically reviewed by Katlein Franca, MD Take oral antibiotics for 7-10 days to treat cellulitis and prevent recurrence.Avoid hot tubs and pools to keep a cellulitis wound clean.Non-steroidal ...

Patients frequently present to the ED with skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs), typically cellulitis and abscess. Incision and drainage (I&D) remains the standard of care for patients with ...

A new study in the New England Journal of Medicine on treatment of skin infections compares treatment with trimethoprim sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMX, Bactrim or Septra) or clindamycin. Surprisingly, both ...

A 15-year-old female presented to the emergency department with a swollen left upper eyelid. The patient admitted to picking at a pimple the week prior, and the lid became increasingly swollen over ...

Clindamycin and TMP-SMX appear equally effective for skin infections. A study suggests that clindamycin and TMP-SMX are equally effective for treating uncomplicated skin infections in adults and ...

Skin and soft tissue infections are characterized by invasion of a bacterial pathogen. The type of skin infection correlates with the depth of skin involvement. A superficial infection such as ...

Patients with extensive skin involvement, immunosuppression, underlying lymphedema, cirrhosis, cardiac or renal failure, or signs of systemic toxicity have complicated cellulitis. 7 Lymphangitis is an ...

Researchers report that medical management may be preferred over surgery for children with orbital cellulitis, an acute infection of the tissues surrounding the eye. They have determined the criteria ...

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A validation study was conducted among ambulatory primary care patients at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU). OHSU is a large academic healthcare system that includes two hospitals and ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Researchers from Hasbro Children's Hospital in Providence, R.I., report that medical management may be preferred over surgery for children with orbital cellulitis, an acute ...