Question

A 2-year-old with acute otalgia and fever for 24 hours, no otorrhoea, otherwise well. Parents ask for antibiotics. What is the most appropriate management?

Accepted Answer

Offer analgesia and safety-netting, consider delayed prescription

Answer

Immediate amoxicillin for 5 days

Answer

Immediate clarithromycin for 5 days

Answer

No antibiotics and no safety netting

Answer

Immediate co-amoxiclav for 7 days

Practice question

A 2-year-old with acute otalgia and fever for 24 hours, no otorrhoea, otherwise well. Parents ask for antibiotics. What is the most appropriate management?