Incision and drainage procedures on methicillin-resistantStaphylococcus aureus wounds can be painful. Lidocaine does not seem to work very well.What other numbing agents are available?– Alyce ...

After abscess incision and drainage, participants were randomly assigned to receive clindamycin, trimethoprim–sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMX), or placebo for 10 days.

Incision and drainage were performed in 44.5% of the patients. Detailed clinical information on the patients is provided in Table 1 . Cultures were obtained for 296 patients (56.5%).