e-TABLE 94.5 TREATMENT OF ACUTE BACTERIAL SINUSITIS Scenario Antibiotic Dose a Uncomplicated, Amoxicillin antibiotic resistance not suspected 80–90 mg/kg/day (maximum: g/dose) Moderate to severe illness, daycare attendees, children recently treated with amoxicillin Amoxicillinclavulanate 80–90 mg/kg/day of amoxicillin component (maximum: g/dose) Penicillin-allergic patients Second- or thirdgeneration cephalosporin Cefuroxime 15 mg/kg bid (maximum: g/day) for preadolescents; 250 mg bid for adolescents Cefdinir 14 mg/kg daily (maximum: 600 mg/day) Cefpodoxime 10 mg/kg bid (maximum: 200 mg/dose) Cefixime mg/kg/day (maximum: 400 mg/day) Clindamycin 10 mg/kg tid (maximum: 600 mg/dose) PenicillinCefixime + anaphylactic clindamycin patients