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. 2023 Oct 31;79(4):871–887. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciad666

Table 5.

Hierarchy of Recommended Oral Antibiotics for EOS by Silo (ie Susceptibility of S. aureus)

Silo Recommended Oral Antibiotic According to Allocated Backbone Domain
Adult Pregnancy Pediatric
PSSA Benzylpenicillin (Flu)cloxacillin Benzylpenicillin (Flu)cloxacillin Benzylpenicillin (Flu)cloxacillin
  1. Amoxicillin

  2. (Flu/di)cloxacillin

  3. Cefalexin/cefadroxil

  4. Linezolid

  1. (Flu/di)cloxacillin

  2. Amoxicillin

  3. Cefalexin/cefadroxil

  4. Linezolid

  1. Amoxicillin

  2. (Flu/di)cloxacillin

  3. Cefalexin/cefadroxil

  1. (Flu/di)cloxacillin

  2. Amoxicillin

  3. Cefalexin/cefadroxil

  1. Amoxicillin

  2. Cefalexin/cefadroxil

  3. (Flu/di)cloxacillin

  4. Linezolid

  1. Cefalexin/cefadroxil

  2. (Flu/di)cloxacillin

  3. Amoxicillin

  4. Linezolid

MSSA (Flu)cloxacillin Cefazolin (Flu)cloxacillin Cefazolin (Flu)cloxacillin Cefazolin
  1. (Flu/di)cloxacillin

  2. Cefalexin/cefadroxil

  3. Linezolid

  1. Cefalexin/cefadroxil

  2. (Flu/di)cloxacillin

  3. Linezolid

  1. (Flu/di)cloxacillin

  2. Cefalexin/cefadroxil

  1. Cefalexin/cefadroxil

  2. (Flu/di)cloxacillin

  1. Cefalexin/cefadroxil

  2. (Flu/di)cloxacillin

  3. Linezolid

  1. Cefalexin/cefadroxil

  2. (Flu/di)cloxacillin

  3. Linezolid

MRSA Vancomycin/daptomycin Vancomycin/daptomycin + cefazolin Vancomycin/daptomycin Vancomycin/daptomycin + cefazolin Vancomycin/daptomycin Vancomycin/daptomycin + cefazolin
  1. Linezolid

  2. Fluoroquinolone + rifampicin

  3. TMP-SMX

  4. Fusidic acid + rifampicin

  1. Linezolid

  2. Fluoroquinolone + rifampicin

  3. TMP-SMX

  4. Fusidic acid + rifampicin

  1. Clindamycin

  2. TMP-SMXa

  1. Clindamycin

  2. TMP-SMXa

  1. TMP-SMX

  2. Linezolid

  3. Fluoroquinolone + rifampicin

  4. Fusidic acid + rifampicin

  1. TMP-SMX

  2. Linezolid

  3. Fluoroquinolone + rifampicin

  4. Fusidic acid + rifampicin

Site PIs and treating clinicians are encouraged, but not mandated, to select the highest antibiotic on this list which is appropriate for a given patient.

Abbreviations: EOS, early oral switch; MRSA, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; MSSA, methicillin- susceptible Staphylococcus aureus; PSSA, penicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus; TMP-SMX, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole.

aTMP-SMX only suitable during the second trimester. Avoid in first and third trimester.