Core EM - Emergency Medicine Podcast

Episode 45.0 – Controversies in SSTI Management


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This week we review a number of controversial topics in SSTI management with a focus on the role of antibiotics in abscess management.

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Tags: Abscess, Cellulitis, Controversy, I+D, Irrigation, TMP-SMX
Show Notes

Core EM: Predictors of failed outpatient cellulitis treatment

EM Nerd: The Case of the Pragmatic Wound

REBEL EM: Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole for uncomplicated skin abscesses

EM Lyceum: Abscess, “Answers”

References

Peterson D et al. Predictors of Failure of Empiric Outpatient Antibiotic Therapy in Emergency Department Patients with Uncomplicated Cellulitis. Acad Emerg Med 2014; 21: 526-31. PMID: 24842503

Talan DA et al. Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole versus placebo for uncomplicated skin abscesses. NEJM 2016; 374(9): 823-32. PMID: 26962903

Chinnock B, Hendey GW. Irrigation of cutaneous abscesses does not improve treatment success. Ann Emerg Med 2016; 67(3): 379-83. PMID: 26416494


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