| If the patient is in severe pain or is feverish antimicrobials such as metronidazole 200 mg thrice daily for up to five days may be indicated. |
| There is no evidence for prescribing combinations of topical steroids and antimicrobials over steroids alone. |
| Suggested dosing adjustments for antimicrobials are provided in the online supplement. |
| The oxazolidinones are a new family of totally synthetic antimicrobials for which there are no pre-existing resistance genes in bacteria. |
| With antimicrobials our expectation is that the infecting pathogen will be killed, but the myriad normal bacteria are also exposed. |
| Topical antimicrobials are considered drugs by the FDA and are regulated as such. |
