This week we review a number of controversial topics in SSTI management with a focus on the role of antibiotics in abscess management.
Episode 45.0 – Controversies in SSTI Management
Show Notes
Core EM: Predictors of failed outpatient cellulitis treatment
EM Nerd: The Case of the Pragmatic Wound
REBEL EM: Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole for uncomplicated skin abscesses
EM Lyceum: Abscess, “Answers”
References
Peterson D et al. Predictors of Failure of Empiric Outpatient Antibiotic Therapy in Emergency Department Patients with Uncomplicated Cellulitis. Acad Emerg Med 2014; 21: 526-31. PMID: 24842503
Talan DA et al. Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole versus placebo for uncomplicated skin abscesses. NEJM 2016; 374(9): 823-32. PMID: 26962903
Chinnock B, Hendey GW. Irrigation of cutaneous abscesses does not improve treatment success. Ann Emerg Med 2016; 67(3): 379-83. PMID: 26416494
