Table 2.
Treatment prescribed and resolution of pain when infection was suspected and cultures grew pathogenic organisms (n = 53).
| Organism(s) | n | Treatment | No Drugs/Not Recorded | Outcome | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oral | Topical | Antifungal | ||||||||||||
| Penicillins | Macrolides | Cephalosporins | Lincosamide | Mupirocin | Kenacomb® | Fluconazole | Miconazole | Nystatin | Pain Resolved or Resolving | Pain not Resolved | Lost to Follow-up | |||
| Staphylococcus | 15 | x | 9 | 5 | 1 | |||||||||
| 9 | x | 6 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 4 | x | 3 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 3 | x | x | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 2 | x | x | x | 2 | ||||||||||
| 2 | x | x | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 1 | x | x | x | 1 | ||||||||||
| 1 | x | x | 1 | |||||||||||
| 1 | x | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | x | x | 1 | |||||||||||
| 1 | x | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | x | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | x | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Streptococcus | 1 | x | 1 | |||||||||||
| 1 | x | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Staphylococcus + Pseudomonas | 1 | x | x | 1 | ||||||||||
| Staphylococcus + Acinetobacter | 1 | x | 1 | |||||||||||
| Staphylococcus + Streptococcus | 1 | x | x | 1 | ||||||||||
| 1 | x | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Staphylococcus + Candida | 1 | x | x | 1 | ||||||||||
| Candida | 2 | x | x | 2 | ||||||||||
| 1 | x | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | x | 1 | ||||||||||||
Penicillins: flucloxacillin n = 20, dicloxacillin n = 3, amoxicillin n = 1, augmentin n = 1, unspecified penicillin n = 1.