. 2018 Feb 6;360:k243. doi: 10.1136/bmj.k243

Table 1.

Current recommendations for antibiotics in patients with skin abscesses*

	Recommendation	Situations where antibiotics are recommended
IDSA²	Against	Systemic illness
EBM Guidelines¹³	Against	Systemic illness, extensive tissue damage, nasal region, immunocompromising conditions, artificial joint
NHG¹⁴	Against	1 dose in patients with immunocompromising conditions, artificial joint, or at high risk of endocarditis
ESCMID	No recommendation available	N/A

These guidelines have not taken account of the new evidence captured in our Rapid Recommendations.

IDSA=Infectious Diseases Society of America; EBM=Evidence-Based Medicine; NHG=Nederlands Huisartsen Genootschap; ESCMID=European Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases.