Management of impetigo and cellulitis: Simple considerations for promoting appropriate antibiotic use in skin infections

Can Fam Physician. 2017 Aug;63(8):615-618.

Authors

Lynette Kosar¹, Tessa Laubscher²

Affiliations

¹ Information Specialist for the RxFiles Academic Detailing Program for the Saskatoon Health Region in Saskatchewan and Assistant Clinical Professor in the College of Pharmacy at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon. lynette@rxfiles.ca.
² Clinical Associate Professor of Academic Family Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan.

PMID: 28807958
PMCID: PMC5555330

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Abscess / drug therapy*
Abscess / microbiology
Abscess / surgery
Administration, Cutaneous
Administration, Oral
Adult
Anti-Bacterial Agents / administration & dosage
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
Cellulitis / drug therapy*
Cellulitis / microbiology
Child
Disease Progression
Drainage
Evidence-Based Medicine
Humans
Impetigo / drug therapy*
Impetigo / microbiology
Male

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents