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- Deep neck infection
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- Community-acquired deep neck infection
- Preferred regimen: Ampicillin-Sulbactam 1.5–3.0 g IV q6h OR Clindamycin 600–900 mg IV q8h OR Moxifloxacin 400 mg daily (if Eikenella is suspected)
- Nosocomial deep neck infection or immunocompromised host
- Preferred regimen: Ticarcillin-Clavulanate 3.0 g IV q6h OR Piperacillin-Tazobactam 3.0 g IV q6h OR Imipenem-Cilastatin 500 mg IV q6h OR Ciprofloxacin 400 mg IV q12h OR Levofloxacin 750 mg IV q24h
- Deep neck infection with high-risk of MRSA
- Preferred regimen: (Clindamycin 600–900 mg IV q8h OR Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole 10 mg/kg/day IV q8h) AND Vancomycin 1.0 g IV q12h
- Necrotizing fasciitis
- Preferred regimen: Ceftriaxone 2.0 g IV q8h AND Clindamycin 600–900 mg IV q8h AND Metronidazole 500 mg IV q6h
- Specific anatomic considerations[3]
- ↑ Flint, Paul (2010). Cummings otolaryngology head & neck surgery. Philadelphia, PA: Mosby/Elsevier. ISBN 978-0323052832.
- ↑ Vieira, Francisco; Allen, Shawn M.; Stocks, Rose Mary S.; Thompson, Jerome W. (2008-06). "Deep neck infection". Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America. 41 (3): 459–483, vii. doi:10.1016/j.otc.2008.01.002. ISSN 0030-6665. PMID 18435993. Check date values in:
|date=(help) - ↑ Hall, Jesse (2015). Principles of critical care. New York: McGraw-Hill Education. ISBN 978-0071738811.