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* For children who are allergic to penicillin, preferred alternatives include cefuroxime axetil or another second-generation cephalosporin(other than cefaclor, which may cause a serum sickness like reaction), azithromycin, or ceftriaxone(50mg/kg once)
† The delayed antibiotic prescribing strategy is as follows : initiate treatment with full-dose acetaminophen ; provide a prescription for amoxicillin to be used only if otalgia or fever persist or if there is no clinical improvement after 48 to 72 hours ; advise the patient's parent that antibiotics do not work very well against otitis and have virtually no effect during the first 24 hours ; explain the disadvantages of antibiotics to patient's parents-they may have side effects(e.g., diarrhea and rash) ; and select for resistant bacteria
Table from Hendley JO. Otitis media. N Engl J Med 2002 ; 347(15) : 1169 - 74
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