‘Even in the antibiotic groups there was still a roughly 20% treatment failure rate’. How should this new evidence change practice? A strategy of routinely treating all skin abscesses with adjunctive ...

recent or current antibiotic usage or any contraindication to the use of TMP-SMX. The diagnosis of skin abscess was made clinically or with bedside ultrasound performed by the treating physician.

Bacterial cultures obtained from blood, percutaneous aspiration of abscess, or both should be taken before antibiotic initiation. Patients on medical therapy alone must be closely monitored ...

Clindamycin is a bitter-tasting antibiotic medication used by veterinarians to treat infections in both cats and dogs. Common uses include wounds, abscesses, skin infections, and dental disease.