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Avoid widespread use of topical antibiotics, especially those readily used in oral forms, as this may spread resistance. Clarithromycin is an acceptable alternative in patients who have ga...
Recommended first-line regimes These are optimum regimes on current evidence: A seven-day course of PPI plus either amoxicillin 1 g and either clarithromycin 500 mg or metroni...
Doxycycline, clarithromycin or erythromycin (in pregnancy) are options for patients allergic to penicillin or in whom atypical pathogens are suspected.
However, if you are allergic to penicillin, the recommended alternative is oral clarithromycin for the same length of time. Other antibiotic medicines may be used if the infection is MRSA.
Flucloxacillin is recommended as first-line treatment when oral antibiotics are required. Clarithromycin or erythromycin are recommended as second-line for those who are allergic to penicilli...
Disseminated infection Triple therapy with clarithromycin or erythromycin, ethambutol and rifabutin is usually most effective. There is a problem with rifabutin and drug interactions...
If the child is allergic to penicillin then erythromycin or clarithromycin can be used instead. But penicillin is the best for scarlet fever so it's important to check if the child is ...
If you are allergic to penicillin you may be treated with erythromycin or clarithromycin . When is a sore throat serious? In nearly all cases, a sore throat or tonsillitis clears u...
The antibiotics usually used for whooping cough are clarithromycin , azithromycin or erythromycin . General measures Unfortunately there is nothing that has been shown to work to so...
Macrolides - for example, erythromycin , azithromycin and clarithromycin . Clindamycin . Sulfonamides and trimethoprim - for example, co-trimoxazole . , Levofloxacin Gen...
But other antibiotics are often used - for example, azithromycin, clarithromycin, levofloxacin, ciprofloxacin or doxycycline. Sometimes a combination of antibiotics is used, especially if it ...
The antibiotics that usually work for cellulitis include: Flucloxacillin . Clarithromycin . Erythromycin . Doxycycline . Co-amoxiclav (if near the eyes or nose).
If the person is allergic to penicillin, treat with erythromycin or clarithromycin combined with metronidazole. If the wound is clean, treat with flucloxacillin.
Treatment is usually by wide surgical excision - antimicrobial therapy with rifampicin and clarithromycin is recommended before and after surgery. Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vacc...
Co-administration of antifungal imidazoles (eg, ketoconazole, itraconazole) and macrolide antibiotics (eg, erythromycin, clarithromycin) is to be avoided, as these drugs interact and raise th...
Low-severity CAP: Offer a five-day course of amoxicillin, reserving clarithromycin, erythromycin (in pregnancy) or doxycycline for patients allergic to penicillin or if atypical pathoge...
Bacillary angiomatosis and peliosis hepatis Effective antibiotics include erythromycin, doxycycline, azithromycin, clarithromycin or a fluoroquinolone. Doxycycline combined with rifa...
First-choice oral antibiotics for empirical treatment are amoxicillin, doxycycline or clarithromycin. The European Medicines Agency's Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee has re...
Macrolide antibiotics are first-line: Clarithromycin for babies aged less than 1 month. Azithromycin or clarithromycin for children aged 1 month or older and for non-pregnan...
Antibiotics, usually flucloxacillin or clarithromycin, should be prescribed [ 5 ] . Treatment should be in accordance with local prescribing guidelines.