Name Of Antibiotic For Acute Upper Respiratory Infection (URI)

Drugs List:

Cap. Penicillin

• Penicillin

Penicillin is a antibiotic. It is used to treat certain kinds of bacterial infections. It will not work for colds, flu,  and other viral infections.

• Erythromycin

Erythromycins, also called macrolides, are a group of antibiotics , medicines that kill bacteria or prevent their growth.

• Amoxicillin

Treatment of acute otitis media (AOM). AAP, AAFP, CDC, and others recommend amoxicillin as drug of first choice for initial treatment of AOM, unless patient has severe illness (moderate to severe otalgia or fever ≥39°C) or the infection is suspected of being caused by β-lactamase-producing Haemophilus influenzae or Moraxella catarrhalis , in which case the fixed combination of amoxicillin and clavulanate is recommended for initial treatment. Those who fail to respond to amoxicillin should be retreated with amoxicillin and clavulanate. 

• Tetracycline

Antibacterial  antibiotic derived from Streptomyces aureofaciens or produced semisynthetically from oxytetracycline.

Tab. Cefuroxime

•  Doxycycline

Antibacterial; antibiotic derived from Streptomyces aureofaciens or produced semisynthetically from oxytetracycline.

• Cefuroxime

Treatment of AOM caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae , Haemophilus influenzae (including β-lactamase-producing strains), Moraxella catarrhalis (including β-lactamase-producing strains), or S. pyogenes .

• Cephalexin

Treatment of AOM caused by susceptible S. pneumoniae , Haemophilus influenzae , M. catarrhalis , or staphylococci or streptococci.

Tab. Minocycline

• Minocycline

Antibacterial; semisynthetic tetracycline antibiotic

• Cefpodoxime
• Sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim.
• Demeclocycline
• Clarithromycin