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Macrolide group of antibiotics can be taken if patient is allergic to penicillin. They have the same spectrum as that of penicillin. That is gram positive and negative cocci and gram positive bacilli. They are Erythromycin, Roxithromycin, Clarithromycin and Azithromycin.

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Some alternatives to penicillin are:ciprofloxacin (Cipro), levofloxacin (Levaquin) and the newer drugs moxifloxacin (Avelox) and gatifloxacin (Tequin)....macrolides erythromycin (E-mycin), clarithromycin (Biaxin) and azithromycin (Zithromax).

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You cannot have any penicillin or any of its derivatives like amoxicillin. Erythromycin and azithromycin are good alternatives.

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cephallosporin

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What organism are you trying to target?

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Clindamycin

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Clindamycin

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