Infected insect bite on knee? can a doctor prescribe something over the phone?

Insect bite: Any probable bacterial infection should be evaluated by your physician to determine the kind of antibiotic to be used. I would never prescribe an antibiotic over the phone without evaluating the infection.

Most would not: I believe most doctors would not want to prescribe antibiotics over the phone and would want to see the area to confirm whether meds are needed.

Maybe? no!: That insect bite on the knee may actually ber a community acquired staph infection, whcih may complicate into an infected bursitis. Since clinical efficacy is measured by a decrease in swelling, erythema, pain, any ethical doctor would be appalled if the knee were not examined prior to prescribing an antibiotic.