Selecting a Treatment Regimen Figure 1. Non-Necrotizing β-Hemolytic Streptococcal Cellulitis Moderate – Severe Severe
Parenteral penicillin (1C)
PSIA
(1B/C) OR
penicillin + PSIA
Parenteral
Alternates (2B/C)
Antistaphylococcal penicillins, cefazolin, ceſtriaxone
Figure 2. Complicated Abscesses Simple Abscess
I & D
Complex With Substantial Cellulitis
I & D
+
Antibiotics
Polymicrobial suspected
Cover CA-MRSA (1B)
gram-negative and anaerobic pathogens (1B)
Cover the most common enteric
