Status:
TERMINATED
Randomized Controlled Trial of Antibiotics in the Management of Children With Community-Acquired Abscess
Lead Sponsor:
Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Conditions:
Abscess Soft Tissue
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) Infection
Eligibility:
All Genders
1-17 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to better understand why children develop methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) skin infections that require surgical drainage and whether antibiotics are hel...
Detailed Description
The emergence of community acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) as a pervasive cause of skin and soft tissue infections has increased the number of children requiring incision a...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Children between 1 month and 17 years of age who undergo Incision and Drainage of a skin and soft tissue abscess by a member of the Children's Memorial Hospital pediatric surgery faculty.
Exclusion
- Children who developed their infection while hospitalized or within 2 weeks of unrelated hospital discharge will be excluded.
- Children with surgical site infections will be excluded.
- Children with inherent or acquired immunodeficiency, including but not limited to transplant patients and patients on chemotherapy or systemic corticosteroids will be excluded.
- Patients admitted to the Infectious Disease service may be excluded at the discretion of the ID attending.
- Patients who are found to have no discreet fluid collections at the time of attempted incision and drainage will be excluded.
- Patients allergic or intolerant to both bactrim and clindamycin will be excluded.
- Patients with cellulitis greater than 5 cm beyond the lateral margin of the abscess (as determined by intraoperative measurements) will be excluded.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
February 1 2010
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
February 1 2013
Estimated Enrollment :
53 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01498744
Start Date
February 1 2010
End Date
February 1 2013
Last Update
February 25 2016
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Ann and Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital
Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60611