Careful Cleaning of Children's Skin Wounds Key to Healing, Regardless of Antibiotic Choice | Children’s Hospital at Johns Hopkins | Baltimore, Maryland

When it comes to curing skin infected with the antibiotic-resistant bacterium MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus), timely and proper wound cleaning and draining may be more important  than the choice of antibiotic, according to a new Johns Hopkins Children’s Center study. The work is published in the March issue of Pediatrics.

via hopkinschildrens.org

Careful, complete cleaning of your child's wounds is critical for healing.