Sepsis antibiotics

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	Harbor-UCLA	Santa Monica-UCLA
Community Acquired	Ceftriaxone 1 g IV + Vancomycin 1 g IV + Gentamicin 5mg/kg + Metronidazole 500mg g IV	Piperacillin/tazobactam 4.5g IV q6h OR cefepime 1g IV q8h OR meropenem 1g IV q8h +/- vancomycin 15mg/kg/dose IV q12h [Maximum dose of 1500mg] +/- gentamicin 7mg/kg/dose IV q24h +/- fluconazole 400mg IV q24h
Health Care Associated (or allergy)	Option 1: Cefepime 2 g IV + Vancomycin 1 g IV + Gentamicin 5-7 mg/kg + Metronidazole 500mg g IV Option 2: Meropenem 2 g IV + Vancomycin 1 g IV	aztreonam 2g IV q8h OR levofloxacin 750mg IV q24h +/- vancomycin 15mg/kg/dose IV q12h [Maximum dose of 1500mg] +/- gentamicin 7mg/kg/dose IV q24h +/- fluconazole 400mg IV q24h

See Also

Antibiotics by diagnosis

• Bone and joint antibiotics
• Cardiovascular antibiotics
• ENT antibiotics
• Eye antibiotics
• GI antibiotics
• GU antibiotics
• Neuro antibiotics
• OB/GYN antibiotics
• Pulmonary antibiotics
• Skin and soft tissue antibiotics
• Bioterrorism antibiotics
• Environmental exposure antibiotics
• Immunocompromised antibiotics
• Post exposure prophylaxis antibiotics
• Pediatric antibiotics
• Sepsis antibiotics
• Arthropod and parasitic antibiotics

For antibiotics by organism see Microbiology (Main)

• See Initial Antibiotics in Sepsis (Main)

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