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Treatment Failure Outcomes for Emergency Department Patients with Skin and Soft Tissue Infections.

ABSTRACT: Skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs) are commonly evaluated in the emergency department (ED). Our objectives were to identify predictors of SSTI treatment failure within one week post-discharge in patients with cutaneous abscesses, as well as to identify predictors of recurrence within three months in that proportion of participants.This was a sub-analysis of a parent study, conducted at two EDs, evaluating a new, nucleic acid amplification test (NAAT) for Staphylococcus aureus in ED patients. Patients?18 years receiving incision and drainage (I&D) were eligible. Patient-reported outcome data on improvement of fever, swelling, erythema, drainage, and pain were collected using a structured abstraction form at one week, one month, and three months post ED visit.We enrolled 272 participants (20 from a feasibility study and 252 in this trial), of which 198 (72.8%) completed one-week follow up. Twenty-seven additional one-week outcomes were obtained through medical record review rather than by the one-week follow-up phone call. One hundred ninety-three (73%) patients completed either the one- or three-month follow up. Most patients recovered from their initial infection within one week, with 10.2% of patients reporting one-week treatment failure. The odds of treatment failure were 66% lower for patients who received antibiotics following I&D at their initial visit. Overall SSTI recurrence rate was 28.0% (95% CI [21.6%-34.4%]) and associated with contact with someone infected with methicillin resistant S. aureus (MRSA), previous SSTI history, or clinician use of wound packing.Treatment failure was reduced by antibiotic use, whereas SSTI recurrence was associated with prior contact, SSTI, or use of packing.

SUBMITTER: May LS

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4644029 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Treatment Failure Outcomes for Emergency Department Patients with Skin and Soft Tissue Infections.

May Larissa S LS Zocchi Mark M Zatorski Catherine C Jordan Jeanne A JA Rothman Richard E RE Ware Chelsea E CE Eells Samantha S Miller Loren L

The western journal of emergency medicine 20150901 5

<h4>Introduction</h4>Skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs) are commonly evaluated in the emergency department (ED). Our objectives were to identify predictors of SSTI treatment failure within one week post-discharge in patients with cutaneous abscesses, as well as to identify predictors of recurrence within three months in that proportion of participants.<h4>Methods</h4>This was a sub-analysis of a parent study, conducted at two EDs, evaluating a new, nucleic acid amplification test (NAAT) for ...[more]

PMID: 26587085

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Treatment Failure Outcomes for Emergency Department Patients with Skin and Soft Tissue Infections.

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Treatment Failure Outcomes for Emergency Department Patients with Skin and Soft Tissue Infections.

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