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Appendix<br />

3<br />

Empiric Regimens<br />

for Common<br />

Infections<br />

Infection Common Pathogens Patient/Infection Factors Initial Empiric Therapy Options<br />

Doxycycline or Azithromycin or Clarithromycin<br />

Communityacquired<br />

pneumonia<br />

Streptococcus pneumoniae<br />

Haemophilus influenzae<br />

Mycoplasma pneumoniae<br />

Chlamydophilia<br />

pneumoniae<br />

Legionella pneumophila<br />

Outpatient, otherwise healthy,<br />

no recent antibiotic exposure<br />

Outpatient, comorbidities<br />

and/or recent antibiotic<br />

exposure<br />

Levofloxacin or Moxifloxacin or Gemifloxacin<br />

-OR-<br />

Amoxicillin or Amoxicillin/clavulanate<br />

or<br />

Cefuroxime<br />

-Plus-<br />

Azithromycin or Clarithromycin<br />

Inpatient, non-ICU Levofloxacin or Moxifloxacin<br />

-OR-<br />

Ceftriaxone or Cefotaxime or Ampicillin or<br />

Ertapenem<br />

-Plus-<br />

Azithromycin or Clarithromycin or Doxycycline<br />

Inpatient, ICU Ceftriaxone or Cefotaxime or<br />

Ampicillin/sulbactam<br />

-Plus-<br />

Azithromycin or Levofloxacin or Moxifloxacin

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