Oral antibiotic treatment of MRSA infections

Cephalexin remains the preferred antibiotic for uncomplicated cellulitis: revisited

“…While CA-MRSA is rarely a cause of cellulitis, TMP-SMX or doxycycline are often added to anti-streptococcal therapy for possible CA-MRSA. [3][4][5][6][7] Part of the problem may be the vagueness of the term 'SSTI', which does not clearly differentiate uncomplicated streptococcal cellulitis from cutaneous staphylococcal abscesses. Uncomplicated MSSA/MRSA culaneous abscesses should not be clinically confused with CA-MRSA Panton-Valentine leukocidinz strains which may have a distinctive clinical presentation, i.e.…”