- Metronidazole
- Sexually transmitted
- Vaginitis in women and non-gonococcal urethritis in men
- Treat patient and partner
Severe community-acquired pneumonia
- Cefuroxime + Erythromycin
- Intravenous combination of a broad-spectrum Beta-lactamase antibiotic together with a macrolide
Salmonella infection
- Ciprofloxacin
- Especially if patient is systemically unwell
Meningococcal (Neisseria meningitidis)
- IV benzylpenicillin
Impetigo
- Flucloxacillin if Staphylococcus aureus
- Weeping, exudative area with characteristic honey-coloured crusting on the surface
- Topical fusidic acid can be used for small areas but flucloxacillin if widespread areas
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