2007
DOI: 10.1097/qco.0b013e32805dfb2d
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Acute bacterial skin infections and cellulitis

Abstract: Antibiotic treatment of deep skin infections must be active on streptococci; the choice of a larger spectrum of activity depends on clinical presentation, risk factors and the burden of methicillin-resistant staphylococci in the environment.

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“…This leads to considerable treatment variation among physicians based on their assessment of the severity of the infection and their preferred antibiotic regimens. Despite several expert panel recommendations and cellulitis treatment guidelines, [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13] there are currently no clinical decision aides to assist clinicians when deciding which ED patients should be treated with oral antibiotics and which patients require intravenous (IV) therapy at first presentation.…”
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“…This leads to considerable treatment variation among physicians based on their assessment of the severity of the infection and their preferred antibiotic regimens. Despite several expert panel recommendations and cellulitis treatment guidelines, [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13] there are currently no clinical decision aides to assist clinicians when deciding which ED patients should be treated with oral antibiotics and which patients require intravenous (IV) therapy at first presentation.…”
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“…La gammaglobulina endovenosa es útil como parte del tratamiento del shock tóxico estreptocócico. 3,4,25,26 …”
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“…La leucocitosis, eritrosedimentación acelerada y proteína C reactiva elevada son hallazgos frecuentes que acompañan al cuadro infeccioso. 26 El aumento de la antiestreptolisina 0 no suele ser útil para el diagnós-tico de la erisipela, dado que solo evidencia contacto con el SBHGA. 27,28 La realización de una punción-aspiración para cultivo o de una biopsia cutánea suele indicarse en situaciones especiales, tales como pacientes inmunodeficientes, lesiones relacionadas con inmersión en aguas y mordeduras animales.…”
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“…3 Otros factores predisponentes son la obesidad, la diabetes, el edema secundario a obstrucción linfática. 25,26 4. Manifestaciones clínicas: la lesión típica es una placa roja brillosa, indurada ("piel de naranja"), de bordes nítidos, dolorosa, con rápida extensión y linfedema regional.…”
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