Dual Antibiotic Therapy Is Not Routinely Necessary for Uncomplicated Cellulitis.

Dual Antibiotic Therapy Is Not Routinely Necessary for Uncomplicated Cellulitis.

Watkins Richard R

Hospital Medicine Alert

2017

2017-08

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.

Emergency Service; Emergency Patients; Bacterial Toxins; Cellulitis; Cephalexin; Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus; Sulfamethoxazole

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