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Timely Care May Be Key to Treating Infected Cuts

Posted 23 Feb 2011 by Drugs.com

WEDNESDAY, Feb. 23 – When treating children infected with an antibiotic-resistant strain of MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus), thoroughly and quickly cleaning the wound is more critical than the kind of antibiotic used, new research suggests. "The good news is that no matter which antibiotic we gave, nearly all skin infections cleared up fully within a week," study author Dr. Aaron Chen, an emergency physician at Johns Hopkins Children's Center in Baltimore, said in a university news release. "The better news might be that good low-tech wound care – cleaning, draining and keeping the infected area clean – is what truly makes the difference between rapid healing and persistent infection," he added. Chen and his colleagues published their findings in the March issue of the journal Pediatrics. The study included 191 children between 6 months and 18 years of age who were ... Read more

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