Note: This document contains side effect information about amoxicillin / clavulanate. Some of the dosage forms listed on this page may not apply to the brand name Augmentin. Unfortunately, for patients with cellulitis surrounding abscess formation, 50% of MRSA strains also have inducible or constitutive clindamycin resistance. Of the strains of S pyogenes resistant to macrolides, 99.5% seem to remain susceptible to clindamycin and 100% to penicillin. Most community-acquired MRSA infections (CA-MRSA) are. This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Clindamycin is primarily metabolized by the liver. The serum concentration of clindamycin may be increased and the half-life prolonged in patients with severely impaired hepatic function. Medical uses. Clindamycin is used primarily to treat anaerobic infections caused by susceptible anaerobic bacteria, including dental infections, and infections of the respiratory tract, skin, and soft tissue, and peritonitis. In people with hypersensitivity to penicillins, clindamycin may be used to treat infections caused by susceptible. Site of action. Pharmacokinetics. Food does not interfere with absorption of clindamycin. Only ~10% clindamycin is excreted unchanged in the urine, and small quantities are found in the faeces. Babesiosis Resources for Health Professionals including diagnosis and treatment information. FINAL DIAGNOSIS: Fusobacterium necrophorum bacteremia, rule out Lemierre's Syndrome. Summary of Hospital Course This patient presented with fever, headache, and pain on the right side of his neck and face with localization to the right mandible. DESCRIPTION. Oral/parenteral/topical antibiotic derived from lincomycin. Traditionally considered an effective anti-anaerobic antibiotic, but recently shown to be effective in combination with pyrimethamine in treating toxoplasmic encephalitis in patients with AIDS. DESCRIPTION. Clindamycin hydrochloride is the hydrated hydrochloride salt of clindamycin. Clindamycin is a semisynthetic antibiotic produced by a 7(S)-chloro-substitution of the 7(R)-hydroxyl group of the parent compound lincomycin.