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Pilonidal cyst medical therapy
Introduction
Overview
Overview
The mainstay of therapy for a pilonidal cyst is antimicrobial therapy.
Medical therapy
Treatment for a pilonidal cyst usually begins when the patient goes to the doctor because of pain. It is treated as an infection, and a doctor might prescribe antibiotics as well as hot compresses and the application of depilatory creams to the lower back and gluteal cleft.
- Pilonidal cyst[1]
- Preferred regimen: After the pathogens are isolated, a 5-10 day course of antibiotic is prescribed.
References
References
- ↑ Stevens DL, Bisno AL, Chambers HF, Dellinger EP, Goldstein EJ, Gorbach SL; et al. (2014). “Practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of skin and soft tissue infections: 2014 update by the infectious diseases society of America”. Clin Infect Dis. 59 (2): 147–59. doi:10.1093/cid/ciu296. PMID 24947530.
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