Treatment data using a topical povidone-iodine antiseptic in patients with superficial skin abscesses
Gillian Schmitz,
Lauren Rosenblatt,
Nicholas Salerno,
Julie Odette,
Ronnie Ren,
Tatiana Emanuel,
Joel Michalek,
Qianqian Liu,
Liem Du,
Koursoh Jahangir,
Adriana Segura Olson
Affiliations
Gillian Schmitz
Department of Medicine, Section of Emergency Medicine, University of Cgicago, 5841 South maryland Ave, MC 5068, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA; Corresponding author.
Lauren Rosenblatt
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Texas Health San Antonio, 7703 Floyd Curl Mail Code 7736, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA
Nicholas Salerno
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Texas Health San Antonio, 7703 Floyd Curl Mail Code 7736, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA
Julie Odette
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Texas Health San Antonio, 7703 Floyd Curl Mail Code 7736, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA
Ronnie Ren
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Texas Health San Antonio, 7703 Floyd Curl Mail Code 7736, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA
Tatiana Emanuel
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Texas Health San Antonio, 7703 Floyd Curl Mail Code 7736, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA
Joel Michalek
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Texas Health San Antonio, 7703 Floyd Curl Mail Code 7736, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA
Qianqian Liu
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Texas Health San Antonio, 7703 Floyd Curl Mail Code 7736, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA
Liem Du
University Health System, 4501 Medical Drive, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA
Koursoh Jahangir
University Health System, 4501 Medical Drive, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA
Adriana Segura Olson
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Department of Military and Emergency Medicine, 4301 Jones Bridge Rd, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA
The standard treatment of cutaneous abscesses in the emergency department is incision and drainage (I&D). The purpose of this investigation is to determine the feasibility of using a povodine-iodine topical antiseptic solution (PVP-I) as a clinical adjunct in the treatment of superficial skin abscesses after I&D, and the data is related to “Pilot Study to Evaluate the Adjunct Use of a Povidone-Iodine Topical Antiseptic in Patients with Soft Tissue Abscesses” [Olson et al., 2019].The data aims to determine if the daily application of PVP-I in the wound cavity and as an antiseptic hand wash would confer any benefit over I&D alone. The primary outcome was clinical cure 7–10 days after I&D. The secondary outcomes were rate of new abscess development and spread of infection in household contacts (HC) within 30 days.
