Inappropriate Antibiotic Use in Soft Tissue Infections
Keyianoosh Z. Paydar;Scott L. Hansen;Edwin D. Charlebois;Hobart W. Harris;David M. Young;
archives of surgery2006Vol. 141pp. 850-856
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Abstract
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...