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Antibiotic Guideline for the Empirical Treatment of Sepsis:

Cellulitis: severe unresponsive disease.

Rapidly progressing cellulitis with shock?

  • Discuss management with a medical microbiologist
  • Additional antibiotics may be warranted.
  • Deeper infections should be considered
  • Alternative diagnoses should be considered eg: varicose eczema

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Page last edited: 31/10/2008

Caution; the antibiotic doses recommended on this website are intended for adult patients with normal renal and liver function unless otherwise stated. Dosing advice for patients with renal impairment is available here.

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