Abstract
Answer D. Switch to co-amoxiclav
Patients who do not require hospital admission but would benefit from antibiotic therapy – such as those with otorrhoea, or bilateral acute otitis media infection in children under the age of 2 years – should be prescribed a 5–7 day course of oral amoxicillin (or clarithromycin or erythromycin in cases of penicillin allergy).
If symptoms worsen after 3 days despite first-line antibiotics, co-amoxiclav should be considered as second-line therapy.
InnovAiT article: Acute otitis media. DOI: 10.1177/17557380231176830.