The authors recommend that healthcare providers weigh the risks but not dismiss these antimicrobials out of hand as viable treatment options for MRSA skin abscesses. (sciencedaily.com)
«Traditional teaching has been that the only treatment needed for most skin abscesses is surgical drainage — and that antibiotics don't provide an extra benefit,» said Dr. Gregory Moran, clinical professor of emergency medicine at the Geffen School, chief of the department of emergency medicine at Olive View - UCLA and one of the study's authors. (sciencedaily.com)
Most of the increase was due to a greater incidence of skin abscesses — pus - filled boils or pimples with discharge that are the most frequent way people get MRSA infections. (sciencedaily.com)