Spectrum: Local Antimicrobial Stewardship, for Alberta Children's Hospital

Cervical Lymphadenitis

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Initial Empiric Regimen

Cefazolin

IF SEVERE INFECTION, CONSIDER ADDING

Vancomycin

Alternative Regimen

Clindamycin*

*Increasing resistance to clindamycin in GAS and S. aureus

IF SEVERE INFECTION, CONSIDER ADDING

Vancomycin