Online Supporting Information: Clinical Conditions
Considered to be indications for
Considered not to be indications for
antibiotic treatment
antibiotic treatment
Acute ear infection or mastoiditis
Amoebiasis
Infected animal or snake bites
Appendicitis
Balanitis
Bartholinitis
Blepharitis
Brucellosis
Carbuncles
Cellulitis
Cervicitis1
Cholera 2
Conjunctivitis
Infected wounds, sores, and burns
Cystitis1
Dacryocystitis
Dysentery
Endocarditis
Endometritis
Furuncles
Gonorrhea
Impetigo
Leprosy
Lymphadenitis
Lymphangitis
Mastitis
Meningitis (non-specific)3
Osteomyelitis
Paronychia3
Pelvic inflammatory disease
Peptic ulcer
Periapical abcess
Perichondritis
Pericoronitis
Peritonitis1
Persistent (chronic) diarrhea3
Pertussis
Plague
Pleurisy3
Post-operative complications3
Pyelonephritis
Pyoderma (not pyoderma gangrenosum)
Pyomyositis
Rheumatic heart disease
Salmonellosis3
Severe Pneumonia
Shigellosis
Sinusitis3
Staphylococcus and streptococcus infections
Abortion
Acute diarrhea
Acute flaccid paralysis
Adult cardiovascular conditions
Alcohol or drug abuse
Allergies
Amenorrhea
Chicken pox
Cirrhosis
Cough
Cyst4
Depression
Dermatitis
Diabetes
Dysmenorrhea
Dyspepsia
Dyspnea
Epilepsy
Epistaxis
Folliculitis4
Fungal infections
GI disorders- non infective
Glomerulonephritis
Goiter
Guinea Worm
Hemorrhagic Fever
Hemorrhoids
Hepatomegaly
Hernia
Herpes
HIV/AIDS5
Hydrocele
Hypertension
Impacted ear wax
Intestinal worms
Laryngitis6
Malaria
Malnutrition
Measles
Metrorrhagia
Minor dental problems
Minor eye problems
Mumps
Musculoskeletal conditions
Lymphoma
Neuropathy
Obstructed labor
Odynophagia
Oesophagitis
STI (non-specific)3
Syphilis
Tetanus
Trachoma
Trichomoniasis
Typhoid
Urethral discharge1
Urethritis1
Vaginitis3
1 Although
Onchocerciasis
Orchitis 6
Pain
Palpitations
Pancreatitis
Papular pruritic eruption
Parotitis
Pemphigus
Perinatal conditions in newborns
Pertussis
Phimosis
Pharyngitis
Polyps
Prurigo
Psoriasis
Rabies
Renal diseases
Respiratory tract infection7
Rheumatism
Scabies
Schistosomiasis
Sleeping sickness
Spondylitis
Stomatitis
Trauma (non-specified)
Tuberculosis 8
Tumor or cancer
Ulcers (non-specified)
Uritcaria
Viral infection (non-specified)
Vitiligo
Yellow Fever
the condition can be caused by a number of pathogens, bacterial causes are most common
severity has not been recorded in patient records, all cases are considered indications for antibiotic treatment
3 Because diagnoses are not specified by pathogen all cases are considered indications for antibiotics
4 Unless specified as infected or necrotic, in which case antibiotic treatment is indicated
5 Cotrimoxazole should be provided as part of comprehensive HIV care, but HIV/AIDS in of itself is not an indication for other
antibiotic treatment during standard visits
6 Although disease can be bacterially associated, disease is most commonly virally induced
7 Other than those specified in the left hand column
8 TB medications are not considered standard antibiotics
2 Because