Appropriate antibiotic selection19 36 46 51
Bacterial acute respiratory tract infection | Primary antibiotic | Secondary antibiotics for penicillin allergy |
Acute otitis media | Amoxicillin | Cefdinir, cefpodoxime, ceftriaxone, cefuroxime, clindamycin |
Community-acquired Pneumonia | Amoxicillin | Cefpodoxime, cefprozil, cefuroxime, clindamycin |
Sinusitis | Amoxicillin | Cefdinir, cefpodoxime, cefuroxime, clindamycin |
Streptococcal pharyngitis | Amoxicillin | Cephalexin (preferred unless previous type I hypersensitivity reaction to penicillin) clindamycin, azithromycin |