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. 2021 Mar;16(3):149–155. doi: 10.12788/jhm.3529

TABLE 1.

All Antibiotic Regimen Groups for 1,247 Children with Staphylococcal Scalded Skin Syndrome

Antibiotic group Definition No. (%)
Clindamycin IV or oral clindamycin 385 (31)
MSSA coverage Nafcillin, oxacillin, cefazolin, cephalexin, IV or oral cephradine 22 (2)
MRSA coverage IV vancomycin, IV or oral linezolid, IV or oral doxycycline, IV or oral trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole, daptomycin 7 (1)
Clindamycin plus MSSA coverage IV or oral clindamycin plus ≥1 of the MSSA group 274 (22)
Clindamycin plus MRSA coverage IV or oral clindamycin plus ≥1 of the MRSA group 169 (14)
Clindamycin plus MSSA plus MRSA coverage IV or oral clindamycin plus MSSA and MRSA coverage 76 (6)
MSSA plus MRSA coverage MSSA plus MRSA coverage 31 (3)
Broad spectrum Vancomycin, nafcillin, oxacillin, cefazolin AND/OR clindamycin plus ≥1 of the following: ceftriaxone, cefepime, cefotaxime, piperacillin-tazobactam, gentamicin, or meropenem 203 (16)
Other Any other antibiotic or combination that did not fit into the above groups 80 (6)

Abbreviations: IV, intravenous; MRSA, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; MSSA, methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus.