Two commonly used antibiotics have similar cure rates for uncomplicated skin infections

(Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center (LA BioMed)) Two antibiotics frequently prescribed to treat serious skin infections -- clindamycin and trimethoprim sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMX) -- had similar rates of success in curing uncomplicated infections in outpatients.
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news