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©2013 UpToDate ® Print Email Empiric antimicrobial therapy for impetigo (excluding MRSA) Adults Children* Oral therapy Dicloxacillin 500 mg orally every six hours 25 mg/kg/day in 4 divided doses Cephalexin 500 mg orally every six hours 25 mg/kg/day in 4 divided doses Clindamycin• 300 mg orally every six hours 15-25 mg/kg/day in 3 divided doses ErythromycinΔ 250 mg orally every six hours 40 mg/kg/day in 4 divided doses * Maximum single dose should not exceed dose for adults. • Note local prevalence of inducible clindamycin resistance; see text. Δ Macrolides may not be adequate therapy given increasing resistance among S. pyogenes and S. aureus; note local resistance patterns.