Evaluation of Skin and Soft Tissue Infection Outcomes and Admission Decisions in Emergency Department Patients

Table 3

Antibiotics administered in the ED.

Antibiotic Classification	n ()
Penicillins - n (%)	10 (8.0)
Cephalosporins - n (%)	23 (18.4)
Bactrim - n (%)	36 (28.8)
Clindamycin - n (%)	43 (34.4)
Doxycycline - n (%)	7 (5.6)
Vancomycin - n (%)	20 (16.0)
Other - n (%)	5 (4.0)
None - n (%)	9 (7.2)

15.2% of patients received multiple antibiotics.
Including fluoroquinolones (n=2), metronidazole (n=1), and mupirocin (n=2).