Spectrum: Local Antimicrobial Stewardship, for Prisma Health Children’s Hospital-Midlands

De-Escalation Options

Purulent SSTI

SMX/TMP PO

if > 30 days old

OR

Doxycycline PO

if > 8 years old with/without a sulfa allergy

OR

Cephalexin PO

if < 30 days old or alternative for pts with a sulfa allergy

OR

Clindamycin PO

if < 30 days old or alternative for pts with a sulfa allergy