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Model List of Essential Medicines

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6.2.2. Watch group antibiotics
  1. Azithromycin General information
    Section
    Watch group antibiotics
    • Oral > Liquid: 200 mg per 5 mL (anhydrous) powder for oral liquid
    • Oral > Solid > dosage form: 250 mg (anhydrous); 500 mg (anhydrous)
    Indications
    First choice
    Chlamydia trachomatis Typhoid fever Yaws Paratyphoid fever Cholera Cholera [children] Trachoma co-prescribed with ceftriaxone Gonococcal infection
    Second choice
    Infectious gastroenteritis or colitis without specification of infectious agent co-prescribed with cefixime Gonococcal infection
  2. Cefixime General information
    Section
    Watch group antibiotics
    • Oral > Liquid: 100 mg per 5 mL powder for oral liquid
    • Oral > Solid: 200 mg (as trihydrate); 400 mg (as trihydrate)
    Indications
    Second choice
    Infectious gastroenteritis or colitis without specification of infectious agent co-prescribed with azithromycin Gonococcal infection
  3. Cefotaxime General information
    Section
    Watch group antibiotics
    • Parenteral > General injections > unspecified: 250 mg in vial powder for injection (as sodium salt); 500 mg in vial powder for injection (as sodium salt); 1 g in vial powder for injection (as sodium salt); 2 g in vial powder for injection (as sodium salt)
    Indications
    First choice
    Other specified pneumonia (Hospital-acquired pneumonia) Bacterial meningitis Bacterial pneumonia (Community-acquired pneumonia - severe) [children] co-prescribed with amikacin Inflammatory and other diseases of prostate (severe) co-prescribed with amikacin Acute pyelonephritis (severe) co-prescribed with clarithromycin Bacterial pneumonia (Community-acquired pneumonia - severe) co-prescribed with metronidazole Peritonitis (severe) co-prescribed with metronidazole Peritonitis (mild-moderate) co-prescribed with metronidazole Peritoneal abscess (severe) co-prescribed with metronidazole Peritoneal abscess (mild-moderate)
    Second choice
    Osteomyelitis or osteitis Bacterial infection of joint Inflammatory and other diseases of prostate (mild to moderate) Acute pyelonephritis (mild to moderate) Sepsis without septic shock
  4. Ceftazidime General information
    Section
    Watch group antibiotics
    • Parenteral > General injections > unspecified: 250 mg in vial (as pentahydrate) powder for injection; 1 g in vial (as pentahydrate) powder for injection
    Indications
    First choice
    co-prescribed with vancomycin Endophthalmitis
    Other indications
    Pseudomonas aeruginosa resistant to other antibiotic
  5. Ceftriaxone General information
    Section
    Watch group antibiotics
    • Parenteral > General injections > unspecified: 250 mg in vial powder for injection (as sodium salt); 500 mg in vial powder for injection (as sodium salt); 1 g in vial powder for injection (as sodium salt); 2 g in vial powder for injection (as sodium salt)
    • Parenteral > Locoregional injections > Intravitreal: 250 mg in vial powder for injection (as sodium salt); 500 mg in vial powder for injection (as sodium salt); 1 g in vial powder for injection (as sodium salt); 2 g in vial powder for injection (as sodium salt)
    • Parenteral > General injections > unspecified: 250 mg in vial powder for injection (as sodium salt); 500 mg in vial powder for injection (as sodium salt); 1 g in vial powder for injection (as sodium salt)
    • Parenteral > General injections > unspecified: 2 g in vial; 250 mg in vial powder for injection (as sodium salt); 500 mg in vial powder for injection (as sodium salt); 1 g in vial powder for injection (as sodium salt)
    Indications
    First choice
    Typhoid fever Bacterial pneumonia (Community-acquired pneumonia - severe) [children] Paratyphoid fever Other specified pneumonia (Hospital-acquired pneumonia) Bacterial meningitis co-prescribed with amikacin Acute pyelonephritis (severe) co-prescribed with amikacin Inflammatory and other diseases of prostate (severe) co-prescribed with azithromycin Gonococcal infection co-prescribed with clarithromycin Bacterial pneumonia (Community-acquired pneumonia - severe) co-prescribed with metronidazole Necrotising fasciitis co-prescribed with metronidazole Peritonitis (mild-moderate) co-prescribed with metronidazole Peritonitis (severe) co-prescribed with metronidazole Peritoneal abscess (mild-moderate) co-prescribed with metronidazole Peritoneal abscess (severe) co-prescribed with vancomycin Endophthalmitis
    Second choice
    Bacterial infection of joint Osteomyelitis or osteitis Infectious gastroenteritis or colitis without specification of infectious agent Sepsis without septic shock Inflammatory and other diseases of prostate (mild to moderate) Acute pyelonephritis (mild to moderate)
  6. Cefuroxime General information
    Section
    Watch group antibiotics
    • Parenteral > General injections > IV: 250 mg in vial (as sodium salt) powder for injection; 750 mg in vial (as sodium salt) powder for injection; 1.5 g in vial (as sodium salt) powder for injection
    Indications
    Second choice
    Other specified prophylactic measures
  7. Ciprofloxacin General information
    Section
    Watch group antibiotics
    • Parenteral > General injections > IV: 2 mg per mL (as hyclate)
    • Oral > Liquid: 250 mg per 5 mL (anhydrous)
    • Oral > Solid > dosage form: 250 mg (as hydrochloride); 500 mg (as hydrochloride); 100 mg (as hydrochloride)
    • Oral > Solid > dosage form: 250 mg (as hydrochloride); 500 mg (as hydrochloride)
    Indications
    First choice
    Neutropenia (low-risk) Inflammatory and other diseases of prostate (mild to moderate) Typhoid fever Paratyphoid fever Infectious gastroenteritis or colitis without specification of infectious agent Acute pyelonephritis (mild to moderate)
    Second choice
    Cholera Cholera [children] co-prescribed with metronidazole Peritoneal abscess (mild-moderate) co-prescribed with metronidazole Peritonitis (mild-moderate)
  8. Clarithromycin General information
    Section
    Watch group antibiotics
    • Oral > Liquid: 125 mg per 5 mL powder for oral liquid; 250 mg per 5 mL powder for oral liquid
    • Parenteral > General injections > unspecified: 500 mg in vial powder for injection
    • Oral > Solid > dosage form: 500 mg; 250 mg
    • Oral > Solid > dosage form: 500 mg
    Indications
    First choice
    co-prescribed with cefotaxime Bacterial pneumonia (Community-acquired pneumonia - severe) co-prescribed with ceftriaxone Bacterial pneumonia (Community-acquired pneumonia - severe)
    Second choice
    Acute pharyngitis co-prescribed with amoxicillin + clavulanic acid Bacterial pneumonia (Community-acquired pneumonia - severe)
    Other indications
    Helicobacter pylori associated gastric ulcer
  9. Erythromycin General information
    Section
    Watch group antibiotics
    Indications
    Second choice
    Therapeutic equivalent to clarithromycin for Acute pharyngitis
  10. Imipenem + cilastatin General information
    Section
    Watch group antibiotics
    Indications
    Second choice
    Therapeutic equivalent to meropenem for Neutropenia (high-risk) Therapeutic equivalent to meropenem for Peritoneal abscess (severe) Therapeutic equivalent to meropenem for Peritonitis (severe)
  11. Meropenem General information
    Section
    Watch group antibiotics
    • Parenteral > General injections > IV: 500 mg in vial (as trihydrate) powder for injection; 1 g in vial (as trihydrate) powder for injection
    Indications
    Second choice
    Neutropenia (high-risk) Peritoneal abscess (severe) Peritonitis (severe) Neonatal meningitis
  12. Piperacillin + tazobactam General information
    Section
    Watch group antibiotics
    • Parenteral > General injections > IV: 2 g (as sodium salt) + 250 mg (as sodium salt) powder for injection; 4 g (as sodium salt) + 500 mg (as sodium salt) powder for injection
    Indications
    First choice
    Peritoneal abscess (severe) Other specified pneumonia (Hospital-acquired pneumonia) Neutropenia (high-risk) Peritonitis (severe) co-prescribed with clindamycin Necrotising fasciitis
  13. Vancomycin General information
    Section
    Watch group antibiotics
    • Oral > Solid > capsule: 125 mg (as hydrochloride); 250 mg (as hydrochloride)
    • Parenteral > General injections > IV: 250 mg in vial (as hydrochloride) powder for injection; 500 mg in vial (as hydrochloride) powder for injection; 1 g in vial (as hydrochloride) powder for injection
    • Parenteral > Locoregional injections > Intravitreal: 250 mg in vial (as hydrochloride) powder for injection; 500 mg in vial (as hydrochloride) powder for injection; 1 g in vial (as hydrochloride) powder for injection
    Indications
    First choice
    Necrotising fasciitis co-prescribed with ceftazidime Endophthalmitis co-prescribed with ceftriaxone Endophthalmitis
    Second choice
    Neutropenia (high-risk) Intestinal infections due to Clostridioides difficile