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You can take antibiotics from penicillin group like penicillin, ampicillin, amoxicillin, piperacillin etc with clavulanic acid. You can take cephalosporins like cephalexin, cephadroxil, cefuroxime, cefpodoxime, cefixime, injection cephotaxime, ceftriaxone etc. When indicated, you use the macrolides like erythromycin, clarithromycin, roxithromyicin and azithromycin. When indicated you can use aminoglycoside like gentamicin, tobramycin, amikacin with possibility to some risk to fetus. Aminoglycosides are used for as short period as possible. You can use chloramphenicol in pregnancy, when indicated.

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