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©2013 UpToDate ® Print Email Antibiotic selections in patients with anaerobic lung abscess Preferred Clindamycin or beta lactam-beta lactamase inhibitor combination drugs Drugs with established merit from clinical trials Penicillin, tetracycline (data from 1950-1970) Metronidazole plus penicillin (data from 1980-1990) Drugs with good in vitro activity against anaerobes but minimal clinical data Chloramphenicol, cefoxitin, cefotetan, moxifloxacin, piperacillin, imipenem, meropenem Drugs with variable activity against anaerobes Cephalosporins, tetracycline, macrolides, levofloxacin, penicillin Drugs with virtually no activity against anaerobes Aztreonam, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, aminoglycosides, ciprofloxacin