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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jun 21.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Emerg Med. 2009 Feb 13;54(1):72–77. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2008.12.034

Table 3.

Physician antibiotic changes for patients prescribed antibiotics.

Positive PCN Skin Test Result First Antibiotic Choice Cost for Dosing Regimen ($) Alternative Antibiotic Choice Cost for Dosing Regimen ($)

No Penicillin V potassium 16.80 Erythromycin 7.56
No Amoxicillin 25.20 Azithromycin 47.00
No Benzathine penicillin G 5.90 Azithromycin 47.00
No Ampicillin/sulbactam 323.68 Ciprofloxacin/metronidazole 463.68
No Ceftriaxone 101.20 Vancomycin 117.60
No Penicillin V potassium 24.00 Clindamycin 148.80
No Cephalexin+trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole 47.60 Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole 5.60
No Cephalexin+trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole 68.00 Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole 8.00
No Amoxicillin 12.60 Azithromycin 47.00
No Benzathine penicillin G 5.90 Clindamycin 104.16
No Cephalexin+trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole 47.60 Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole 5.60
No Benzathine penicillin G 5.90 Clindamycin 104.16
No Cephalexin+/trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole 47.60 Clindamycin+trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole 109.76
No Piperacillin/tazobactam 402.64 Imipenem/cilastatin 932.96
No Ceftriaxone 2.23 Ciprofloxacin 6.42
No Penicillin V potassium 24.00 Clindamycin 148.80
No Cephalexin+trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole 47.60 Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole 8.00
No Ceftriaxone 70.84 Moxifloxacin 306.25
No Benzathine penicillin G 5.90 Clindamycin 104.16
No Ceftriaxone 30.36 Moxifloxacin 131.25
No Cephalexin+trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole 47.60 Clindamycin+trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole 109.76
Yes Ceftriaxone 30.36 Moxifloxacin 131.25
Yes Cephalexin+trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole 47.60 Clindamycin+trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole 109.76
Yes Cephalexin+trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole 68.00 Clindamycin+trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole 156.80
Yes Benzathine penicillin G 5.90 Clindamycin 104.16
Yes Penicillin V potassium 24.00 Azithromycin 47.00
Yes Ceftriaxone 2.23 Ciprofloxacin 6.42
Yes Cephalexin+trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole 68.00 Clindamycin+trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole 156.80

PCN, Penicillin.