ANTIBIOTIC TABLES. Table 1 – Antibiotics dosage, routes and indications Antibiotic Dosages and route Combination + indications
Used alone for local -IV + IO perfusion and Intrasynovial treatment
dosage. Good for Staph. Infections
other anitimicrobials. Not recommended for foals
Used primarily with rifampin for Rodococcus infections
Systemic – combined with penicillin or
Used alone for local IV or IO perfusion and for intrasynovial injection
with an aminoglycoside, ceftiopfur or TMS. Gram positive infections
Used in combination with other antibiotics
penicillin, not recommended for initial treatment because of resistance
methicillin resistant staphylococccus species Doses: from Formulary, JLV-VTH, Colorado State University, 2005 Table 2. Systemic antibiotics. Tissue(s) Involved Empiric Antibiotic Options
cephalosporin + amikacin (or gentamicin); OR enrofloxacin
cephalosporin + amikacin (or gentamicin); OR enrofloxacin
penicillin/cephalosporin + amikacin (or gentamicin) +
penicillin (pen G or ampicillin) + gentamicin +
metronidazole; ceftiofur and amikacin can be substituted for
penicillin (pen G or ampicillin) + gentamicin; ceftiofur and
wounds, open drainage for septic amikacin can be substituted for penicillin and gentamicin,
penicillin (pen G or ampicillin) + rifampin
penicillin (pen G or ampicillin) + metronidazole (for
Borrowed with permission from: Orsini JA et al: Management of the severely infected wounds in equine patients, Clin Tech Eq Pract, 3: 2004
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ANTIBIOTIC TABLES. 
trimethoprim-sulfonamide (86–100%), tetracycline (86–100%),
trimethoprim-sulfonamide (86–100%), erythromycin (0–30%)
amikacin (100%), enrofloxacin (100%), ceftizoxime (97%), ceftiofur (94%),
ticarcillin (94%), amoxicillin/clavulanic acid (93%), chloramphenicol (91%),
gentamicin (86%), cephalothin (73%), tetracycline (71%), ampicillin (68%),
amikacin (100%), ceftiofur (100%), ceftizoxime (100%), enrofloxacin
(100%), ticarcillin (87%), chloramphenicol (80%), amoxicillin/clavulanic
acid (79%), gentamicin (67%), trimethoprim-sulfonamide (67%), cephalothin
(66%), tetracycline (54%), ampicillin (14%)
amikacin (100%), amoxicillin/clavulanic acid (100%), ampicillin (100%),
cephalothin (100%), chloramphenicol (100%), gentamicin (100%), penicillin
G (100%), tetracycline (100%), trimethoprim-sulfonamide (100%), ceftiofur
(83%), ceftizoxime (83%), enrofloxacin (83%), erythromycin (33%)
amikacin (100%), amoxicillin/clavulanic acid (100%), ceftiofur (100%),
ceftizoxime (100%), cephalothin (100%), enrofloxacin (100%), tetracycline
(73–92%), ticarcillin (54–91%), gentamicin (49–82%), trimethoprim-
sulfonamide (15–82%), ampicillin (0–82%), chloramphenicol (0–82%)
ceftizoxime (100%), enrofloxacin (100%), ceftiofur (75%), tetracycline
(50%), amikacin (0%), amoxicillin/clavulanic acid (0%), cephalothin (0%),
chloramphenicol (0%), gentamicin (0%), ticarcillin (0%), trimethoprim-
* Organisms isolated from horses at the University of California, Davis during 1998.