(MedPage Today) -- For children with skin and soft tissue infections, clindamycin is the antibiotic of choice for empiric treatment, researchers found.
soft tissue infectionsClindamycin Works Better for Skin Infections in Kids (CME/CE)MedPage Today Infectious Disease Mon, 08/15/2011 - 07:11
Cephalexin Useful in Pediatric MRSA (CME/CE)MedPage Today Infectious Disease Mon, 02/21/2011 - 07:00
(MedPage Today) -- Children with uncomplicated skin and soft tissue infections can still be treated with cephalexin -- along with drainage and careful wound care -- even though community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has reached epidemic proportions worldwide, a randomized study suggested. Tags:
MRSA Is Culprit in Higher Hospitalization RateMedPage Today Infectious Disease Fri, 08/14/2009 - 12:07
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) appears to be driving an increase in the number of people hospitalized with skin and soft tissue infections, researchers found. ICAAC-IDSA: Investigational Antibiotic as Effective as Linezolid...MedPage Today Infectious Disease Tue, 10/28/2008 - 12:58
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- The investigational antibiotic iclaprim is as effective as linezolid (Zyvox) in treating skin and soft-tissue infections caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), a researcher said here. Tags:
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