Dual Antibiotic Therapy Is Not Routinely Necessary for Uncomplicated Cellulitis.

Dual Antibiotic Therapy Is Not Routinely Necessary for Uncomplicated Cellulitis.

Watkins Richard R

Infectious Disease Alert

2017

2017-07

A randomized, multicenter, placebo-controlled clinical trial that enrolled patients presenting to emergency departments with uncomplicated cellulitis found the addition of trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole to cephalexin did not lead to better outcomes.

Treatment Outcomes; Abscess – Surgery; Cellulitis – Drug Therapy; Cephalexin – Therapeutic Use; Drainage – Methods; Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole Combination – Therapeutic Use

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