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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)
    • Oral > Liquid: 200 mg per 5 mL oral liquid
    • Oral > Solid: 250 mg (anhydrous) capsule; 500 mg (anhydrous) capsule
    • Oral > Solid > dosage form: 500 mg (anhydrous); 250 mg (anhydrous)
    Indications
    First choice
    Yaws Trachoma Typhoid fever Paratyphoid fever Chlamydia trachomatis Cholera Cholera [children] co-prescribed with ceftriaxone Gonococcal infection
    Second choice
    Infectious gastroenteritis or colitis without specification of infectious agent co-prescribed with cefixime Gonococcal infection
  2. Cefepime General information
    Section
    Watch group antibiotics
    • Parenteral > General injections > unspecified: 500 mg in vial (as hydrochloride) powder for injection; 1 g in vial (as hydrochloride) powder for injection; 2 g in vial (as hydrochloride) powder for injection
    Indications
    Other specified bacterial diseases
  3. 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
  4. Cefotaxime General information
    Section
    Watch group antibiotics
    • Parenteral > General injections > unspecified: 250 mg 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); 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 Peritoneal abscess (severe) co-prescribed with metronidazole Peritoneal abscess (mild-moderate) co-prescribed with metronidazole Peritonitis (severe) co-prescribed with metronidazole Peritonitis (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
    Other indications
    Bacterial infection of unspecified site
  5. 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
  6. Ceftriaxone General information
    Section
    Watch group antibiotics
    • Parenteral > General injections > unspecified: 250 mg in vial powder for injection (as sodium salt); 1 g in vial powder for injection (as sodium salt)
    • Parenteral > General injections > unspecified: 250 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); 500 mg in vial powder for injection (as sodium salt)
    • Parenteral > General injections > unspecified: 250 mg in vial powder for injection (as sodium salt); 1 g in vial powder for injection (as sodium salt); 500 mg in vial powder for injection (as sodium salt)
    • Parenteral > General injections > unspecified: 2 g in vial powder for injection (as sodium salt); 500 mg in vial powder for injection (as sodium salt); 250 mg in vial powder for injection (as sodium salt); 1 g in vial powder for injection (as sodium salt)
    • Parenteral > General injections > unspecified: 250 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 pneumonia (Community-acquired pneumonia - severe) [children] Typhoid fever Paratyphoid fever Bacterial meningitis co-prescribed with amikacin Inflammatory and other diseases of prostate (severe) co-prescribed with amikacin Acute pyelonephritis (severe) co-prescribed with azithromycin Gonococcal infection co-prescribed with clarithromycin Bacterial pneumonia (Community-acquired pneumonia - severe) co-prescribed with metronidazole Peritoneal abscess (mild-moderate) co-prescribed with metronidazole Peritonitis (severe) co-prescribed with metronidazole Peritoneal abscess (severe) co-prescribed with metronidazole Necrotising fasciitis co-prescribed with metronidazole Peritonitis (mild-moderate) co-prescribed with vancomycin Endophthalmitis
    Second choice
    Bacterial infection of joint Osteomyelitis or osteitis Acute pyelonephritis (mild to moderate) Inflammatory and other diseases of prostate (mild to moderate) Infectious gastroenteritis or colitis without specification of infectious agent Sepsis without septic shock
    Other indications
    Bacterial infection of unspecified site
  7. 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
  8. 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: 250 mg (as hydrochloride)
    • Oral > Solid: 250 mg (as hydrochloride); 500 mg (as hydrochloride)
    • Oral > Solid > dosage form: 250 mg (as hydrochloride); 500 mg (as hydrochloride); 100 mg (as hydrochloride)
    Indications
    First choice
    Typhoid fever Neutropenia (low-risk) Paratyphoid fever Infectious gastroenteritis or colitis without specification of infectious agent Acute pyelonephritis (mild to moderate) Inflammatory and other diseases of prostate (mild to moderate)
    Second choice
    Cholera Cholera [children] co-prescribed with metronidazole Peritoneal abscess (mild-moderate) co-prescribed with metronidazole Peritonitis (mild-moderate)
    Other indications
    Bacterial infection of unspecified site
  9. 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: 500 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
  10. Delafloxacin General information
    Section
    Watch group antibiotics
    • Parenteral > General injections > IV: 300 mg lyophilized powder for injection
    • Oral > Solid: 450 mg
    Indications
    Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus
  11. Erythromycin General information
    Section
    Watch group antibiotics
    • Parenteral > General injections > IV: 500 mg in vial powder for injection (as lactobionate)
    • Oral > Liquid: 125 mg per 5 mL (as stearate or ethylsuccinate)
    • Oral > Solid: 250 mg (as stearate or ethylsuccinate)
    Indications
    Second choice
    Therapeutic equivalent to clarithromycin for Acute pharyngitis
    Other indications
    Bacterial infection of unspecified site
  12. Flomoxef General information
    Section
    Watch group antibiotics
    • Parenteral > General injections > IV: 0.5 g in vial powder for injection; 1 g in vial powder for injection
    Indications
    Other specified other antibiotic resistant Enterobacterales
  13. Fourth generation cephalosporins General information
    Section
    Watch group antibiotics
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    Indications
    Other specified bacterial diseases
  14. Imipenem + cilastatin General information
    Section
    Watch group antibiotics
    • Parenteral > General injections > IV: 250 mg (as monohydrate) + 250 mg (as sodium salt) powder for injection; 500 mg (as monohydrate) + 500 mg (as sodium salt) powder for injection
    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)
    Other indications
    Pseudomonas aeruginosa resistant to other antibiotic Antibiotic resistant Acinetobacter baumannii
  15. 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
  16. 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
  17. Vancomycin General information
    Section
    Watch group antibiotics
    • Parenteral > General injections > IV: 250 mg in vial (as hydrochloride) powder for injection
    • 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
    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
    Other indications
    Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus