Indications of Liu et al for Antibiotic Therapy Following Incision and Drainage of an Abscess Caused by Community-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)

Patient selection: after incision and drainage of an abscess with community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Indications for antibiotic therapy:

(1) severe and/or extensive disease

(2) rapid progression in association with cellulitis

(3) signs and symptoms of systemic disease

(4) extremes of age

(5) anatomic region that is difficult to drain completely (face, genitalia, hand)

(6) septic phlebitis

(7) failure of lesion to respond to incision and drainage alone

(8) comorbidities and/or immunosuppression (diabetes mellitus, HIV, neoplasm)