Dosages for Infants Under One Month
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Doses for antimicrobial medicines only given below: for full dosage table see full Zimbabwe STG
|
Medicine |
Route |
Dosage |
Frequency (per day) |
|
Amoxicillin 125mg/5ml syrup |
po |
30mg/kg/dose |
2 to 4 |
|
Benzylpenicillin (3g) 5MU injection |
iv/im |
0.1MU/kg/dose (=100,000u/kg/dose) |
2 to 4 |
|
Chloramphenicol 1g injection 125mg/5ml syrup |
iv/po |
12.5mg/kg/dose |
2 to 3 |
|
Clindamycin 1g injection |
iv |
10mg/kg over 30 mins |
3 |
|
Cloxacillin 500mg injection 125mg/5ml syrup |
iv/im/po |
30mg/kg/dose |
2 to 4 |
|
Cotrimoxazole 240mg/5ml syrup 120mg dispersible tablet |
po |
24mg/kg/dose |
2 |
|
Erythromycin 125mg/5ml syrup |
po |
40mg/kg/24 hrs |
3 |
|
Gentamicin 10mg/ml injection |
im/iv |
>1500g = 2.5mg/kg/dose |
2 |
|
<1500g = 2.5mg/kg/dose |
once |
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|
Isoniazid 100mg dispersible tablets |
po |
10mg/kg/24hrs |
once |
|
Kanamycin 1g injection |
im |
7.5mg/kg/dose |
1 to 2 |
|
Metronidazole 5mg/ml injection |
iv |
7.5mg/kg/dose |
2 to 3 |
|
Nystatin 100,000units/ml |
po |
100,000u/dose |
4 |
|
Penicillin procaine 300mg/ml injection |
im |
50mg/kg/24 hours [= 50,000u/kg/day] |
once |