Ceftriaxone
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INDICATIONS
FDA
- Lower respiratory tract infections
- Acute bacterial otitis media
- Skin and skin-structure infections
- Urinary tract infections (complicated and uncomplicated)
- Uncomplicated gonorrhea
- Pelvic inflammatory disease
- Septicemia
- Bone and joint infections
- Intra-abdominal infections
- Meningitis and surgical prophylaxis
NON-FDA APPROVED USES
- Brain abscess (with metronidazole)
- Appendicitis (with metronidazole)
- Peritonitis: spontaneous bacterial and secondary
- Endocarditis
- Diabetic foot infections (with metronidazole or clindamycin)
- Lyme disease: late Lyme arthritis and neuroborreliosis
- Meningococcal meningitis prophylaxis: 125 mg x1 (< 15 yrs); 250 mg x1 (≥15 yrs)
- Neurosyphilis
- Disseminated GC
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INDICATIONS
FDA
- Lower respiratory tract infections
- Acute bacterial otitis media
- Skin and skin-structure infections
- Urinary tract infections (complicated and uncomplicated)
- Uncomplicated gonorrhea
- Pelvic inflammatory disease
- Septicemia
- Bone and joint infections
- Intra-abdominal infections
- Meningitis and surgical prophylaxis
NON-FDA APPROVED USES
- Brain abscess (with metronidazole)
- Appendicitis (with metronidazole)
- Peritonitis: spontaneous bacterial and secondary
- Endocarditis
- Diabetic foot infections (with metronidazole or clindamycin)
- Lyme disease: late Lyme arthritis and neuroborreliosis
- Meningococcal meningitis prophylaxis: 125 mg x1 (< 15 yrs); 250 mg x1 (≥15 yrs)
- Neurosyphilis
- Disseminated GC
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