Table 4.

Single-start Antibiotic Treatment Approach

Types and rationale for single-start antibiotic

Bacterial spread, sinusitis: doxycycline, augment with cephalexin

Dental: amoxicillin and clindamycin/cephalosporins/amoxicillin and clavulanate potassium

UTI: cephalexin, metronidazole, amoxicillin and clavulanate potassium

Gastroenteritis: metronidazole, clindamycin

Low-grade bacteria commensal, low-grade inflammation and infection: doxycycline

If very fluctuant and large, do incision and drainage

Antibiotics should be administered concurrently with this procedure

UTI, urinary tract infection.