Careful cleaning of children's skin wounds key to healing, regardless of antibiotic choice
Monday, February 21, 2011 - 13:10
in Health & Medicine
When it comes to curing skin infected with the antibiotic-resistant bacterium MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus), timely and proper wound cleaning and draining may be more important than the choice of antibiotic, according to a new Johns Hopkins Children's Centre study. The work is published in the March issue of Pediatrics...