title: Treating skin and soft tissue infections.
abstract: New guidelines have been released for the treatment of skin and soft tissue infections. The updates include recommendations on when to prescribe antibiotics and which antibiotics are effective for each infection. This article will highlight the important changes to practice and provide additional antibiotic clinical pearls.
authors.affiliation: Geoffrey Mospan is an assistant professor of pharmacy at Wingate University School of Pharmacy in Wingate, N.C. Darrell Hulisz is an associate professor in the Department of Family Medicine & Community Health at Case Western Reserve University's School of Medicine in Cleveland, Ohio, and a clinical pharmacy specialist at University Hospitals, Case Medical Center. The authors have disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise.
authors.forename: Geoffrey
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mospan
authors.forename: Darrell
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hulisz
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012874:Skin Diseases, Infectious / Q000188:drug therapy; D018461:Soft Tissue Infections / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents