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Surgery may be required urgently but not all patients with retropharyngeal abscesses require surgery. [ 7 ] One study found that of 162 paediatric patients with retropharyngeal abscess, 126 required ...
For breast-feeding women, use amoxicillin or cefuroxime. For pregnant women, use amoxicillin or cefuroxime and inform an obstetrician. Lyme disease carries little direct risk to t...
Alternative-choice antibiotics for severe infection are co‑amoxiclav, cefuroxime, clindamycin or ceftriaxone. Antibiotics to be added if meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infect...
Erythema chronicum migrans Lyme disease Doxycycline Amoxicillin Cefuroxime
If the patient requires ventilation, intravenous co-amoxiclav 1.2 g tds or cefuroxime 1.5 g tds plus erythromycin 500 mg qds or clarithromycin 500 mg bd are recommended. Try to avoid high flo...
Compound fractures : Treatment includes irrigation of the wound with saline, covering the wound with a moist sterile dressing, and giving intravenous antibiotics (eg, cefuroxime but thi...
For severe infections, oral or intravenous clindamycin, or intravenous cefuroxime or ceftriaxone may be considered. If MRSA is suspected or confirmed, intravenous vancomycin or teicoplanin...
Prevention [ 12 ] A Cochrane review in 2013 looked at antibiotic prophylaxis in cataract surgery and a found a reduced risk of endophthalmitis with antibiotic injections during surgery compared w...
Alternatives for severe infection include co-amoxiclav, clindamycin orally or cefuroxime or ceftriaxone intravenously. If meticillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is suspected con...
Co-amoxiclav is first-line, whilst second-line options include cefuroxime with metronidazole, amoxicillin with gentamicin and metronidazole, and ciprofloxacin.
Blind treatment is with a penicillin plus gentamicin or cefotaxime/cefuroxime. Vancomycin plus gentamicin is used in late-onset sepsis if meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) i...
First-line intravenous antibiotics, at usual doses, for children and young people who are unable to take oral antibiotics due to vomiting, or are more severely unwell: Co-amoxiclav (only in combina...