Sinusitis Antibiotic Treatment Protocol

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Sinusitis anti biotic treatment protocol
Sinusitis treatment is done with medication which aims to improve the drainage of
mucus, relive pain and pressure, clear infections and prevention of scar tissue which leads to
permanent damage on tissues lining. Antibiotic treatment relives the infection. Antibiotic
treatment for this patient is effective when the causative agent is bacterial infection.
Antibiotic treatment is usually essential in ensuring long duration treatment. Sinus infection
can be linked to fungus or bacterium which is associated with the sinusitis, (Zalmanovici &
Yaphe, 2013).
Bacterial infection associated with sinuses is suspected when there is facial pain,
discharge on the nasal resembling pus. This persists often for duration of a week and the
patient cannot respond to OTC drugs. Acute sinus infection results from a bacteria which is
treated with an antibiotic therapy medication process, (Rosenfeld et al., 2015). It is aimed at
curbing the most known bacteria which causes infection.
The common bacteria which cause sinuses include Streptococcus pneumonia,
Staphylococcus aureus, Haemophilus Infleunzae and styphylococcus pyogenes. Active
treatment of antibiotics are targeted at killing this bacteria. Active antibiotics which are
effective in treatment of sinuses caused by above mentioned bacteria, Amoxicillin is an
acceptable form of drug treatment. It is beneficial in uncomplicated form of acute sinuses
infection. However as a first line of treatment, i would use amoxicillin-clavulanate-
Augmentin when there is suspicion of sinus infection on the patient. It is of importance since
it is effective in most of the sepsis’s and bacteria strains which cause the diseases.
If the patient is allergic to penicillin which is not in this case, drugs such as cefaclor,
azithromycin, clarithromcyin, trimethin ciprofloxin, clarithromycin and other antibiotic drugs
could have been used as first line drug treatment to the patient. When there is no
improvement on patient status after 5 days of medication with amoxiclin, treatment plan can
be altered with amoxicillin-Clavulante or any of the above mentioned anti biotic.
Antibiotic treatment for this patient needs to be offered for a minimum of 10-14 days of
administration. The dosage plan for the patient will entail 500mg administered orally every 8
hours for 10-14 days, (Harris et al., 2016). However if the patient has risk factors for
resistance , then Amoxicillin-Clavulanate with 500mg/125mg taken orally for three days
daily will be beneficial for the patient if there is lack of risks factors. Addition of the
component clavulanate on amoxicillin is essential for the coverage of antibiotic resistance
such as Haemophilus influenza. However if the patient has risks factors for resistance then
high dose of amoxicillin-cluvanate at 2g/125mg taken twice daily will be an appropriate