Cellulitis (not perineum)

Important: Notes

See full guidance for choice of regimen based on severity

Fluroquinolones

Refer to important safety information for all quinolones prior to prescribing.

See MHRA Drug Safety Update January 2024: Fluoroquinolones must only be used in situations when other antibiotics, that are commonly recommended for the infection, are inappropriate such as:

• there is resistance to other first-line antibiotics recommended for the infection
• other first-line antibiotics are contraindicated in an individual patient
• other first-line antibiotics have caused side effects in the patient requiring treatment to be stopped

treatment with other first-line antibiotics has failed