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If allergic to PCN use doxycycline or Levofloxacin.
What medication do you give if there is no improvement of sinusitis treated
with Amoxicillin? - ANS ✓Children who do not get better while on first line
treatment should be given high dose amoxicillin-clavulanate, cefdinir,
cefuroxime, or cefpodoxime.
Adults who do not get better with first line treatment give levofloxacin.
First line treatment for Upper UTI - ANS ✓Cefixime
Second line therapy is amoxicillin, TMP-SMZ, ciprofloxacin, or levofloxacin
First line treatment for uncomplicated Lower UTI in a non pregnant patient
- ANS ✓Nitrofurantoin or TMP-SMZ
2nd line is fosfomycin
First line treatment for lower UTI with known or suspected antibiotic
resistance - ANS ✓Amoxicillin-Clavulanate
2nd line is ciprofloxacin or levofloxacin
First line treatment for complicated UTI suitable for outpatient treatment -
ANS ✓TMP/SMZ for 7-14 days
2nd line is Amoxicillin-clavulanate, levofloxacin, or ciprofloxacin
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