1332A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial of Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole vs. Placebo for Patients with an Incised and Drained Cutaneous Abscess
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1332. A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial of Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole vs. Placebo for Patients with an Incised and Drained Cutaneous Abscess David Talan, MD, FIDSA, FACEP; William Mower, MD, PhD; Fredrick Abrahamian, DO; Anusha Krishnadasan, PhD; Frank Lovecchio, DO, MPH; David Karras, MD; Mark Steele, MD; Richard Rothman, MD, PhD; Gregory Moran, MD, FIDSA, FACEP; Emergency Medicine/Infectious Diseases, Olive View-UCLA Medical Center, Sylmar, CA; Emergency Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA; Emergency Medicine, Olive ViewUCLA Medical Center, Sylmar, CA; Emergency Medicine, Maricopa Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ; Emergency Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA; Emergency Medicine, Truman Medical Center/University of Kansas City, Kansas City, MO; Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
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