Dermatology

General Infectious Disease

Questions discussed in this category

Do you routinely recommend transition to dual PO antibiotic coverage for strep species and MRSA, for patients with purulent cellulitis and in the absence of culture data?

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How does trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole's efficacy against S. pyogenes influence your empirical treatment of skin infections in regions with high resistance rates?

McCreary et al., PMID 37310038

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For how long would you treat Klebsiella aerogenes folliculitis of the face manifesting as a cystic lesion?

Would you combine antibiotics with isotretinoin?

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What is your approach to a patient with undetectable MMR titers checked prior to or during immunosuppression and a history of MMR vaccination in childhood?

Is there a role for booster vaccination and if so, how do you approach the timing when a patient is already on a biologic for immunosuppression?

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Papers discussed in this category

Open forum infectious diseases, 2017

Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim (Cotrimoxazole) for Skin and Soft Tissue Infections Including Impetigo, Cellulitis, and Abscess.

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2014 Jul 15

Practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of skin and soft tissue infections: 2014 update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America.

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2023 Oct 13

Antibiotic Myths for the Infectious Diseases Clinician.

Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 2014 Feb 03

Factors that cause trimethoprim resistance in Streptococcus pyogenes.

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2013-06

Clinical trial: comparative effectiveness of cephalexin plus trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole versus cephalexin alone for treatment of uncomplicated cellulitis: a randomized controlled trial.

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