Question

A 40-year-old man presents with an erythematous, warm, tender area over the anterior shin, with indistinct margins and no purulence. He is afebrile, haemodynamically stable and has no systemic features. There is no abscess clinically. What is the most appropriate empirical oral antibiotic regimen?

Accepted Answer

Oral dicloxacillin 500 mg six-hourly

Answer

Oral cephalexin 500 mg twice daily plus trimethoprim

Answer

Oral clindamycin 300 mg six-hourly

Answer

Oral amoxicillin-clavulanate 875/125 mg twice daily

Answer

Oral flucloxacillin 500 mg twice daily plus doxycycline

Practice question

A 40-year-old man presents with an erythematous, warm, tender area over the anterior shin, with indistinct margins and no purulence. He is afebrile, haemodynamically stable and has no systemic features. There is no abscess clinically. What is the most appropriate empirical oral antibiotic regimen?