From: German guidelines on community-acquired acute bacterial meningitis in adults
Antibiotics and age groups | Dosage |
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Rifampicin 1,2: | |
Adolescents and adults > 60 kg | 600 mg q 12h for 2 days p.o. |
Infants, children and adolescents < 60 kg | 10 mg/kg q 12h for 2 days p.o. |
Newborns | 5 mg/kg q 12h for 2 days p.o. |
Ciprofloxacin 2,3: | |
adults | 500 mg single shot p.o. |
Ceftriaxone 4 | |
adults and children ≥ 12 years | 250 mg single shot i.m. |
children < 12 years | 125 mg single shot i.m. |
Azithromycin 5 | |
adults | 500 mg single shot p.o. |