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

Mild

Criteria

No signs of systemic infection

Initial Empiric Treatment

Cephalexin PO

Alternative

Clindamycin PO

If allergy to Cephalexin/Amoxicillin

De-escalation

De-escalate to narrowest spectrum PO antibiotic based on susceptibilities

Duration

5 days