Evaluation of 3 Versus 10 Days of Antibiotics in Skin Abscesses After Surgical Drainage

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2012-07-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The objective of this study is to determine if there is a difference in treatment failures and recurrent skin infections when patients are given 3 or 10 days of antibiotics for uncomplicated skin abscesses after they have been surgically drained.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Lucy Holmes, MD
• Collaborators: New York State Department of Health; Women & Children's Hospital of Buffalo
• Treatments: Sulfamethoxazole; Trimethoprim; Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• patients presenting with a skin abscess that requires surgical drainage (induration ≥ 1 cm in diameter)

• minimally invasive surgical technique with the insertion of a subcutaneous drain can be utilized on the patient

Exclusion Criteria:

• patients requiring immediate hospitalization

• patients who have received 2 or more doses of antibiotics in the previous 36 hours

• patients with diabetes, sickle-cell disease, an immuno-compromising disease, an underlying medical condition predisposing the patient to frequent hospitalizations or medical visits, or indwelling catheters or percutaneous medical devices

• patients with a concurrent, non-abscess infection

• patients with an allergy to Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole