ArticleExpert review of anti-infective therapy2008
Is antimicrobial therapy needed to manage uncomplicated skin and soft-tissue abscesses?
Article in Expert review of anti-infective therapy, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
0 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.
No citing paper in PubMed yet.
Corrections and comments
- Comment on
Authors and funding
1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) infections occur across a wide spectrum of epidemiologic groups, which range from medically underserved urban dwellers to professional athletes. CA-MRSA primarily causes skin and soft-tissue infections but it can also cause severe invasive disease, including necrotizing pneumonia and necrotizing fasciitis. In light of CA-MRSA's proclivity to cause skin and soft-tissue abscesses and its capacity to inflict severe illness, investigators have been prompted to revisit the question of whether adjunctive antimicrobial therapy is necessary in the management of uncomplicated abscesses. This article evaluates the findings of a recently published randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial that aims to determine whether 'standard-of-care' antimicrobial therapy is needed after adequate surgical incision and drainage of uncomplicated skin and soft-tissue abscesses.
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.