Age | if meningitis excluded | if meningitis is NOT excluded | if Staphylococcus aureus suspected |
< 3 months | Amoxicillin 50 mg/kg q6hrGentamycin 7.5 mg/kg q24hr | Amoxicillin 50 mg/kg q6hrGentamycin 7.5 mg/kg q24hr
Cefotaxime 50 mg/kg q6hr Consider especially in infants aciclovir 20mg/kg q8hr |
Amoxicillin 50 mg/kg q6hrCefotaxime 50 mg/kg q6hr
Vancomycin 15 mg/kg q6hr Clindamycin 15 mg/kg q8hr |
> 3 months | Cefotaxime 50 mg/kg q6hrFlucloxacillin 50 mg/kg q4-6hr | Cefotaxime 50 mg/kg q6hrFlucloxacillin 50 mg/kg q4-6hr | Cefotaxime 50 mg/kg q6hrVancomycin 15 mg/kg q6hr
Clindamycin 15 mg/kg q8hr |
any age group, if immuno-compromised | Meropenem 20 mg/kg IV q8hrVancomycin 15 mg/kg q6hr
Gentamycin 7.5 mg/kg q24hr |
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if Meningitis is NOT excluded, and suspicion of severe Meningitis (gram stain), replace Flucloxacillin by Vancomycin 15 mg/kg q6hr to cover for Penicillin resistant Pneumococcus Meningitis |
Empiric antibiotics for general infection
- Written on 09/09/2013
- , Last updated 14/05/2021
Cite this article as:
Marc Anders
. Empiric antibiotics for general infection, Don't Forget the Bubbles, 2013. Available at: https://doi.org/10.31440/DFTB.3846
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Marc Anders is a paediatric intensivist.
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