Antibiotic duration determining focus | Minimum intensive phase duration* | Eradication phase duration¶ |
Skin abscess | 2 weeks | 3 months |
Bacteremia with no focus | 2 weeks | 3 months |
Pneumonia |
- Unilateral unilobar pneumonia without lymphadenopathyΔ or ICU admission, and with negative blood cultures
| 2 weeks | 3 months |
| 3 weeks | 3 months |
| 4 weeks | 3 months |
Deep-seated collection◊ | 4 weeks§ | 3 months |
Osteomyelitis | 6 weeks | 6 months |
Central nervous system infection | 8 weeks | 6 months |
Arterial infection (most commonly mycotic aneurysm) | 8 weeks§ | 6 months or longer¥ |