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Arch Facial Plast Surg. 2007;9(2):147-148.

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Archives of Surgery

Inappropriate Antibiotic Use in Soft Tissue Infections

Hypothesis: Many soft tissue infections treated with surgical drainage resolve even when treated with antibiotics not active against the organism isolated from the infection.

Design: Retrospective.

Setting: Integrated Soft Tissue Infection Services clinic.

Patients: All patients treated from July 19, 2000, to August 1, 2001, who underwent surgical drainage of a soft tissue infection and had microbiological culture results.

Main Outcome Measures: Documented resolution of the infection with drainage of the abscess and antibiotic therapy alone was deemed a cure. An infection resulting in death or other surgical therapy was deemed a failure. Therapy was appropriate when the organism was sensitive to prescribed antibiotics and was inappropriate when the organism was insensitive.

Results: The study included 376 patients with 450 infections. Staphylococcus aureus as the primary organism was isolated from 441 of the cultures. Methicillin sodium–sensitive S aureus and methicillin-resistant S aureus were . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Archives of Facial Plast Surgery

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