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General Infectious Disease
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Hospital Medicine
Do you ever favor cefazolin over ceftriaxone for bacteremia with susceptible E. coli?
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No
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We do cefazolin often unless h/o ESBL or complicated infection or procedural history. It is our preferred abx for pyelo or intra-abdominal infection (we add Flagyl for intra-abdominal) and is driven by our local susceptibility data.
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No, I prefer 3rd generation Cephalosporins(or higher) for gram negatives.
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Typically no.
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