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'''Editor(s)-in-Chief:''' [[C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D.]] [mailto: | '''Editor(s)-in-Chief:''' [[C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D.]] [mailto:charlesmichaelgibson@gmail.com] Phone:617-632-7753; '''Associate Editor(s)-In-Chief:''' [[Priyamvada Singh|Priyamvada Singh, M.D.]] [mailto:psingh@perfuse.org] | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
===Medical therapy=== | ===Medical therapy=== | ||
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Editor(s)-in-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Phone:617-632-7753; Associate Editor(s)-In-Chief: Priyamvada Singh, M.D. [2]
Overview
Medical therapy
Antibiotics
- Treatment of choice clindamycin
- Doses 600 mg Q8hourly, followed by 300 mg Q6hourly, or 450 mg tid
- Advantage of clindamycin :
- Cheap
- Less incidences of superimposed MRSA
- Other agents used: Ampicillin-sulbactam (1.5 g or 3 g twice daily), Imipenem (Invanz 500 mg BID), amoxicillin-clavulnate (875 mg orally bid), penicillin (1 to 2 million units IV Q6hourly) / amoxicillin (500 mg orally tid)+ metronidazole (500 mg orally or IV tid).
- Monotherapy with metronidazole is not preferred as high failure rates have been reported. This is because metronidazole is ineffective against some pathogens such as microaerophilic and aerobic streptococci