Doxycycline - Is doxy. a drug of choice, effective for wound infection and posible staph infection?

Without seeing it I can't tell you if it needed a drain or not. I think she thought taking the stitches out would be enough to open it up and drain. Doxy is good for it. A normal skin infection usually doesn't require an iv antibiotic. I would say boil some water with a pinch of salt and put it in the frig, then use that when changing his dressing to clean it thoroughly. If you have access to a syringe, I like to take a syringe full of salt water and flush the wound out. Then neosporin is a good oint to use, it actually does promote healing. And cover it with a dry dressing. I'd do this at least twice a day. Using the ointment will keep the wound moist and it will heal from the inside out, so that the infection can drain, instead of the skin closing first.