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Every year between four and five million Americans suffer from chronic non-healing wounds, many caused by diabetes, poor circulation, pressure ulcers or other conditions. Proper wound care is ...

Draining simple skin abscesses in combination with antibiotic treatment is more effective than drainage alone, according to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine. Researchers ...

Adding trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole to the follow-up for patients who undergo outpatient surgical drainage of uncomplicated superficial cutaneous abscesses improves outcomes compared with no ...

The authors performed a double-blind, randomized, controlled trial to assess the efficacy of antibiotics as an adjunct to incision and drainage in pediatric skin infections. The patients were ...

The LOOP technique for incision and drainage (I&D) of abscesses in adults is a safe and effective alternative to the traditional I & D with packing and may offer an alternative to the standard regimen ...

Antibiotics in conjunction with incision and drainage improved short-term outcomes compared with incision and drainage alone. Patients with a simple abscess who received clindamycin or ...

Patients with acute skin abscesses appeared to develop abnormal microbiota in areas around the wound, according to recent findings. Researchers believe the perturbation of normal protective bacteria — ...