Management of skin abscesses in the era of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 370, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1039-1047

  Singer, Adam J ^a   Talan, David A ^b,c  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OLIVE VIEW UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFALEXIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; HEXACHLOROPHENE; MINOCYCLINE; PLACEBO; PSEUDOMONIC ACID;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; ECHOGRAPHY; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PATIENT SAFETY; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SKIN ABSCESS; SKIN CARE; SKIN DEFECT; SURGICAL APPROACH; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND IRRIGATION;

ABSCESS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DRAINAGE; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTIONS; THERAPEUTIC IRRIGATION;

EID: 84896793038     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMra1212788     Document Type: Review

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