Template:Animal bite antibiotics
Coverage for Pasteurella, Strep, and Staph
Cat and Dog Bites
- Consider for high-risk wounds (see above)
- Amoxicilin-clavulanate 875mg PO BID x 5-7 days OR[1]
- Doxycycline 100mg PO daily x 14 days if penicillin allergic [2]
- Clindamycin 450mg (5mg/kg) PO q8hrs daily x7 days PLUS
- Ciprofloxacin 500mg PO q12hrs x 7 days OR
- TMP/SMX 2DS tabs (5mg/kg) PO q12hrs
Human Bites
Requires polymicrobial coverage for: S. aureus, Strep Viridans, Bacteroides, Coagulase-neg Staph, Eikenella, Fusobacterium, Cornebacterium, peptostreptococus
- Amoxicilin-clavulanate 875mg PO BID x 5-7days OR
- Clindamycin 450mg (5mg/kg) PO q8hrs daily x7 days PLUS
- Ciprofloxacin 500mg PO q12hrs x 7 days OR
- TMP/SMX 2DS tabs (5mg/kg) PO q12hrs
Mammalian Bites Severe Infections
- Ampicillin/Sulbactam 3g IV (50mg/kg IV) q 6hrs daily OR
- Cefoxitin 1g IV q8hrs (25mg/kg q6hrs) OR
- Pipericillin/Tazobactam 4.5g IV (80mg/kg IV) q8hrs OR
- Ceftriaxone 1g (50mg/kg IV) once + Metronidazole 500mg IV q8hrs OR
- Clindamycin 600mg IV q8hrs PLUS
- TMP/SMX 5mg/kg IV q12hrs OR
- Ciprofloxacin 400mg IV q12hrs OR
- ↑ Griego RD, Rosen T, Orengo IF, Wolf JE. Dog, cat, and human bites: a review. J Am Acad Dermatol. 1995;33:1019–29.
- ↑ Talan DA, Citron DM, Abrahamian FM, Moran GJ, Goldstein EJ. Bacteriologic analysis of infected dog and cat bites. Emergency Medicine Animal Bite Infection Study Group. N Engl J Med. 1999;340:85–92.