Spectrum: Local Antimicrobial Stewardship, for Bakersfield Memorial Hospital

Treatment / Sinusitis/Mastoiditis/Otitis

Initial Empiric Therapy

Ceftriaxone 2 g IV every 12 hr

PLUS

Metronidazole 500 mg IV every 8 hr

PCN Anaphylaxis

Vancomycin

PLUS

Metronidazole 500 mg IV every 8 hr