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Impetigo

  • Empiric antimicrobial therapy (covering methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus and β-hemolytic streptococci)
  • Limited number of lesions
  • Numerous lesions or outbreaks of post streptococcal glomerulonephritis
  • Culture-directed antimicrobial therapy
  • Streptococcus alone
  • Preferred regimen: Penicillin V 250–500 mg PO qid for 7 days
  • Alternative regimen (for penicillin-allergic patients): Erythromycin 250 mg PO qid for 7 days OR Clindamycin 300–400 mg PO qid for 7 days
  • Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
  • Impetigo, pediatric
  • Empiric antimicrobial therapy (covering methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus and β-hemolytic streptococci)
  • Limited number of lesions
  • Numerous lesions or outbreaks of poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis
  • Culture-directed antimicrobial therapy
  • Streptococcus alone
  • Preferred regimen: Penicillin V 60,000–100,000 U/kg PO qid for 7 days
  • Alternative regimen (for penicillin-allergic patients): Erythromycin 40 mg/kg/day PO tid–qid for 7 days OR Clindamycin 20 mg/kg/day PO tid for 7 days
  • Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

References

  1. Liu C, Bayer A, Cosgrove SE, Daum RS, Fridkin SK, Gorwitz RJ; et al. (2011). "Clinical practice guidelines by the infectious diseases society of america for the treatment of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections in adults and children". Clin Infect Dis. 52 (3): e18–55. doi:10.1093/cid/ciq146. PMID 21208910.
  2. Stevens DL, Bisno AL, Chambers HF, Dellinger EP, Goldstein EJ, Gorbach SL; et al. (2014). "Practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of skin and soft tissue infections: 2014 update by the infectious diseases society of America". Clin Infect Dis. 59 (2): 147–59. doi:10.1093/cid/ciu296. PMID 24947530.