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Birmingham, Sandwell, Solihull and environs APC Formulary
Maintained by Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit |
Formulary Chapter 5: Infections - Full Section
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Notes:
Broad-spectrum antibiotics SHOULD NOT be used outside of the Primary Care Antimicrobial Guidelines, unless recommended by a specialist, in line with antimicrobial stewardship.Please be aware that all GREEN drugs are only green if used in line with antimicrobial guidelines.
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Useful Links |
Antimicrobial Primary Care Guidelines 2019 - Birmingham Antimicrobial Advisory Committee |
Summary of Primary Care Antimicrobial Guidance - Birmingham Antimicrobial Advisory Committee |
Clostridium difficile Care Pathway – Birmingham Antimicrobial Advisory Committee |
NICE NG15:Antimicrobial stewardship: systems and processes for effective antimicrobial medicine use (Aug 2015) |
NICE NG79: Sinusitis (acute)- antimicrobial prescribing- visual summary |
NICE NG79: Sinusitis (acute): antimicrobial prescribing |
Numbers in brackets indicate counts of (Formulary items, Non Formulary items)
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05.01 |
Antibacterial drugs (0,0)
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Table 1. Summary of antibacterial therapy (0,0)
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Table 2. Summary of antibacterial prophylaxis (0,0)
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05.01.01 |
Penicillins (0,0)
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05.01.01.01 |
Benzylpenicillin and phenoxymethylpenicillin
(4,0)
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05.01.01.02 |
Penicillinase-resistant penicillins
(3,0)
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05.01.01.03 |
Broad-spectrum penicillins
(4,4)
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05.01.01.04 |
Antipseudomonal penicillins
(2,0)
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05.01.01.05 |
Mecillinams
(1,0)
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05.01.02 |
Cephalosporins, carbapenems and other beta-lactums (0,0)
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Cephalosporins (0,0)
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Other beta-lactam antibiotics (0,0)
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05.01.02.01 |
Cephalosporins
(5,6)
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05.01.02.02 |
Carbapenems
(3,0)
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05.01.02.03 |
Other beta-lactums antibiotics
(1,1)
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05.01.03 |
Tetracyclines
(6,2)
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Tigecycline
(1,0)
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05.01.04 |
Aminoglycosides
(6,2)
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05.01.05 |
Macrolides
(7,1)
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05.01.06 |
Clindamycin
(2,0)
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05.01.07 |
Some other antibacterials
(2,0)
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Chloramphenicol
(1,0)
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Fosfomycin (0,0)
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Fusidic acid
(0,2)
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Vancomycin and teicoplanin
(3,0)
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Daptomycin
(1,0)
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Linezolid
(2,0)
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Quinupristin and dalfopristin
(0,1)
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Polymyxins
(3,0)
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Rifaximin
(1,0)
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Fidaxomicin
(1,0)
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05.01.08 |
Sulphonamides and trimethoprim
(3,0)
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05.01.09 |
Antituberculosis drugs
(14,1)
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05.01.10 |
Antileprotic drugs
(1,2)
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05.01.11 |
Metronidazole and tinidazole
(4,0)
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05.01.12 |
Quinolones
(7,1)
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05.01.13 |
Urinary-tract infections
(4,0)
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05.02 |
Antifungal drugs
(11,2)
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Treatment of fungal infections (0,0)
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Drugs used in fungal infections (0,0)
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05.02.01 |
Triazole antifungals (0,0)
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05.02.02 |
Imidazole antifungals (0,0)
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05.02.03 |
Polyene antifungals (0,0)
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05.02.04 |
Echinocandin antifungals
(3,0)
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05.02.05 |
Other antifungals
(0,1)
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05.03 |
Antiviral drugs (0,0)
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05.03.01 |
HIV infection
(0,1)
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Nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors
(13,3)
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Protease inhibitors
(6,3)
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Non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors
(3,0)
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Other antiretrovirals
(2,1)
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Pharmacokinetic enhancers of antiretrovirals (0,0)
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05.03.02 |
Herpesvirus infections
(0,1)
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05.03.02.01 |
Herpes simplex and varicella-zoster infection
(4,1)
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05.03.02.02 |
Cytomegalovirus infection
(4,1)
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05.03.03 |
Viral hepatitis
(4,0)
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05.03.03.01 |
Chronic hepatitis B
(1,0)
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05.03.03.02 |
Chronic hepatitis C
(5,1)
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05.03.04 |
Influenza
(2,3)
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05.03.05 |
Respiratory syncytial virus
(2,0)
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05.04 |
Antiprotozoal drugs (0,0)
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05.04.01 |
Antimalarials (0,0)
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Treatment of malaria (0,0)
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Falciparum malaria (treatment)
(1,0)
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Benign malarias (treatment) (0,0)
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Prophylaxis against malaria (0,0)
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Specific recommendations (0,0)
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Artemether with lumefabtrine
(1,0)
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Chloroquine
(0,5)
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Mefloquine
(1,0)
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Primaquine
(1,0)
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Proguanil
(2,2)
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Pyrimethamine
(1,2)
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Quinine
(2,1)
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Tetracyclines (0,0)
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05.04.02 |
Amoebicides
(1,1)
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05.04.03 |
Trichomonacides (0,0)
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05.04.04 |
Antigiardial drugs
(1,0)
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05.04.05 |
Leishmaniacides
(1,1)
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05.04.06 |
Trypanocides (0,0)
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05.04.07 |
Drugs for toxoplasmosis
(2,0)
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05.04.08 |
Drugs for pneumocystis pneumonia
(2,0)
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Treatment (0,0)
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Prophylaxis (0,0)
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05.05 |
Anthelmintics (0,0)
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05.05.01 |
Drugs for threadworms
(1,2)
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05.05.02 |
Ascaricides
(1,0)
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05.05.03 |
Drugs for tapeworm infections
(0,1)
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Taenicides (0,0)
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Hydatid disease (0,0)
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05.05.04 |
Drugs for hookworms (0,0)
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05.05.05 |
Schistosomicides
(1,0)
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05.05.06 |
Filaricides
(1,0)
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05.05.07 |
Drugs for cutaneous larva migrans
(0,1)
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05.05.08 |
Drugs for strongyloidiasis
(1,0)
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