Prospective Randomized Trial of Bactrim on 7 Day Outcome in Patients With Uncomplicated Abscesses

Exclusion Criteria

• •Additionally, any patients who received antibiotics within one week of presentation or were hospitalized in previous month will be excluded to minimize potential confounding variables.
• •Pregnant and breastfeeding patients will also be excluded due to possible safety concerns with antibiotic treatment.
• •Patients with abscesses on face, perirectal, or perianal regions, abscesses with known tracks or fistulas to deeper structures, or abscesses requiring surgical drainage in an operating room are excluded.
• •Patients with fever or evidence of systemic infection
• •Finally, patients with sulfa allergy will be excluded.