Incision and drainage preferable to oral antibiotics in acute paronychial nail infection?

Incision and drainage preferable to oral antibiotics in acute paronychial nail infection?

A short cut review was carried out to establish whether incision and drainage or antibiotics was best for acute paronychia. No relevant papers were found using the reported search. There is currently no evidence that oral antibiotics are any better or worse than incision and drainage for acute paron...

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Veröffentlicht in:Emergency medicine journal : EMJ 2005-11, Vol.22 (11), p.813-814
Hauptverfasser: Shaw, Jonathan, Body, Richard
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Antibiotics
Best Evidence Topic Report
Emergency medical care
Infections
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Zusammenfassung:A short cut review was carried out to establish whether incision and drainage or antibiotics was best for acute paronychia. No relevant papers were found using the reported search. There is currently no evidence that oral antibiotics are any better or worse than incision and drainage for acute paronychiae.
ISSN:1472-0205
1472-0213
DOI:10.1136/emj.2005.030163