Translations:Template:Animal bite antibiotics/2/en
Coverage for Pasteurella, Strep, and Staph
- Consider for high-risk wounds
- wounds reaching the level of the muscle/tendon, wounds to the hand[1], violation of bone or joint capsule, immunocompromised hosts, wounds associated with significant local edema
- Amoxicilin-clavulanate 875mg PO BID x 5-7 days OR[2]
- Doxycycline 100mg PO BID x 14 days if penicillin allergic [3]
- Clindamycin 450mg (5mg/kg) PO q8hrs daily x7 days PLUS
- Ciprofloxacin 500mg PO q12hrs x 7 days OR
- TMP/SMX 2DS tabs (5mg/kg) PO q12hrs
- ↑ EBQ:Antibiotic prophylaxis for mammalian bites
- ↑ Griego RD, Rosen T, Orengo IF, Wolf JE. Dog, cat, and human bites: a review. J Am Acad Dermatol. 1995;33:1019–29.
- ↑ Talan DA, Citron DM, Abrahamian FM, Moran GJ, Goldstein EJ. Bacteriologic analysis of infected dog and cat bites. Emergency Medicine Animal Bite Infection Study Group. N Engl J Med. 1999;340:85–92.