RT Book, Section
A1 Meshkov, Lauren S.
A1 Nijhawan, Rajiv I.
A1 Weinberg, Jeffrey M.
A2 Kelly, A. Paul
A2 Taylor, Susan C.
A2 Lim, Henry W.
A2 Serrano, Ana Maria Anido
SR Print(0)
ID 1161548352
T1 Bacterial Infections
T2 Taylor and Kelly's Dermatology for Skin of Color, 2e
YR 2016
FD 2016
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071805520
LK dermatology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1161548352
RD 2024/04/23
AB KEY  POINTSIndividuals  with  skin  of  color  may  develop  a  wide  range  of  cutaneous  infections  involving  either  gram-positive  or  gram-negative  organisms.In  most  cases,  these  infections  do  not  differ  significantly  from  those  that  occur  in  the  general  population.Staphylococcus  aureus  and  Streptococcus  pyogenes  are  the  two  major  gram-positive  organisms  that  are  most  often  implicated  in  common  skin  and  soft  tissue  infections.Gram-negative  infections  of  the  skin  occur  more  commonly  in  children,  patients  with  diabetes,  and  immunocompromised  patients.Although  empirical  antibiotic  treatment  is  an  important  first  step  in  treating  bacterial  infections,  once  the  diagnosis  is  established,  treatment  should  then  be  dictated  by  the  antibiotic  sensitivities  of  the  cultured  organism.