How long will it take to heal staph infection drained in lower leg while being on oral antibiotics?
Patient: Hi Dr. Grief,  My daughter has a staph infection that was drained on her lower leg. It has been 2 full days, and there is still redness and a large wound. How long should we expect the symptoms to persist? She is on an oral antibiotic.  Thank you, Christy YYYY@YYYY Doctor: Hello,Welcome to HCM,Once any wound is drained it indicates there may be a cellulitis of the wound. Before draining any wound I think your daughter was given antibiotics to make less infective and need to continue broad spectrum antibiotics like combination of amoxicillin and clavulanic acid for atleast 7 days.As your doctor as drained the infection, it will take minimum of 7 days to clear off the infection.She need to take good nutritious food to boost her immunity and fasten her recovery.Thank you.