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Table 3 Empiric antimicrobial agents of the referred patients in the previous hospital

From: Primarily treated patients versus referred patients in the treatment of native septic arthritis of digits: a retrospective comparative study

Classification

Antimicrobial agent

Total number of administration

Susceptible to the identified microorganism / Cases with no growth of microorganism

Penams

Penicillin

IV nafcillin

1

0/0

Beta lactam/Beta lactamase inhibitor

Oral amoxicillin-clavulanate

7

1 (MSSA) /2

Cephems

1st generation cephalosporin

IV cefazolin

5

0/3

Oral cephalexin

1

0/0

2nd generation cephalosporin

IV cefotetan

2

0/0

IV cefotiam

1

1 (Streptococcus specis)/0

3rd generation cephalosporin

IV cefotaxime

4

1 (Pasteurella multocida) /0

IV ceftriaxone

5

1 (Enterobacter cloacae)/0

Oral cefpodoxime

4

2 (Streptococcus species, Eschericia coli)/1

Aminoglycoside

IV netilmicin

1

0/0

Lincosamides

Oral clindamycin

3

0/0

Ā Ā 

Unidentified oral form

5

Not available/1

  1. IV intravenous, MSSA methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus