RT Book, Section
A1 Conrad, Heather B.
A1 Madati, P. Jamil
A2 Schafermeyer, Robert
A2 Tenenbein, Milton
A2 Macias, Charles G.
A2 Sharieff, Ghazala Q.
A2 Yamamoto, Loren G.
SR Print(0)
ID 1105684869
T1 Superficial Bacterial, Fungal, and Parasitic Infections
T2 Strange and Schafermeyer's Pediatric Emergency Medicine, 4e
YR 2014
FD 2014
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-182926-7
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1105684869
RD 2024/04/19
AB Staphylococcus  and  Streptococcus  are,  by  far,  the  most  common  bacteriological  etiologic  agents  of  most  superficial  skin  infections.The  marked  increase  in  prevalence  of  CA-MRSA  has  made  it  necessary  to  consider  using  an  antibiotic  that  targets  this  resistant  organism  (clindamycin  or  trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole)  when  using  an  oral  agent  to  treat  severe,  recurrent,  or  disseminated  infections.Poststreptococcal  glomerulonephritis  is  caused  by  nephritogenic  strains  of  streptococci  which  can  cause  skin  infections  and  pharyngitis.  It  presents  a  couple  of  weeks  after  the  primary  infection.Tinea  corporis  can  be  treated  effectively  with  topical  antifungals,  but  tinea  capitis  requires  long  courses  (4–8  weeks)  of  systemic  antifungal  therapy.