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Are antibiotics needed after treatment of skin abscess?

April 26, 2017abscess antibiotics needed skin treatment

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Are antibiotics needed after treatment of skin abscess?

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No. Simply incising and draining a superficial skin abscess was sufficient treatment and resulted in a very high cure rate in this study. Adding a beta-lactam antibiotic did not improve outcomes.