How do you determine the duration and taper of systemic corticosteroids when you add them alongside antibiotics for orbital cellulitis?

There is no 'standard of care' answer for this. My personal preference is the following:

• Pediatric patients -- 0.25 to 0.5 mg/kg dexamethasone daily (given in AM) for up to 3 days, starting the day after source control/cultures from surgery. Higher dose/longer duration if very inflamed, and lower d...

I am not sure why this obsession with giving 'steroids' in the context of a bacterial infection? When you look at the logic, I am not convinced there is any. If I have a bacterial infection on my finger or wherever, I do not prescribe, and I would not take prednisone or dexamethasone, so why use ste...