AAP News Vol. 13 No. 5 May 1997, p. 3
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Skin antibiotics

Stefanie Dell' Aringa

Certain oral antibiotics introduced during the past decade can be effective in fighting bacterial skin infections in children, a study reported.

Since 1990, several new antimicrobial agents have been approved for treatment. Researchers compiled their efficacy rates, indications for use, and side effects in treating skin infections from pathogens like Staphylococcus aureus and S. pyogenes.

Results showed:

• cephalosporins had a 90 percent efficacy rate;