title: Best evidence topic report. Incision and drainage preferable to oral antibiotics in acute paronychial nail infection?
abstract: A short cut review was carried out to establish whether incision and drainage or antibiotics was best for acute paronychia. No relevant papers were found using the reported search. There is currently no evidence that oral antibiotics are any better or worse than incision and drainage for acute paronychiae.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester M13 9WL, UK.
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shaw
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Body
mesh_terms: D000284:Administration, Oral; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004322:Drainage / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D010304:Paronychia / Q000628:therapy*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents