| Disease condition |
Drugs recommended |
Dosage |
Frequency of Administration |
Duration |
| Pyogenic meningitis |
Crystalline penicillin plus |
50,000 IU/kg IV followed by |
single dose |
10-15 days |
| 250,000 IU/kg/24 hours IV |
divided in 8 doses (Q 3 hourly) |
| Chloramphenicol, |
50 mg/kg IV followed by |
single dose |
| 100 mg/kg/24 hours |
divided in to four doses (Q 6 hourly) |
| Severe Pneumonia |
Benzyl penicillin, |
50,000 units/kg/24hrs IM OR IV |
QID |
For at least 3 days |
| Neonatal sepsis |
Penicillin G Sodium Crystalline Plus |
50,000 IU/kg |
QID |
For 10 days |
| Gentamicin |
5 mg/kg /day IM |
TID |
| Neonatal tetanus |
Tetanus Immune Globulin (TIG)Plus |
500–3000 IU IM should be given |
- |
- |
| Penicillin G Sodium Crystalline, Plus |
50,000 IU/kg/24hrs |
QID |
For ten days |
| Chlorpromazine, |
1.6 mg/kg/24 hours IV/IM |
divided in to 4 doses |
- |
| Cellulitis |
Crystalline Penicillin |
50 million units/kg IV |
4 hourly |
10 days |
| Erysipelas |
Crystalline Penicillin |
50,000 IU/kg |
4 hourly |
Until fever subsides |
| Syphilis |
Crystalline penicillin G followed by |
50,000 units /kg IV |
every 4 hours |
For 10-14 days |
| Benzathine Penicillin at the completion of IV therapy |
50,000 units /kg IM |
single dose |
- |
| Neonatal Conjunctivitis |
Penicillin G Sodium Crystalline, |
50,000 IU/kg |
QID |
For 10 days |
| Temporal bone fracture |
Benzyl Penicillin, Plus |
50,000 IU/kg IV |
every 3 hours |
For 10 –15 days |
| Gentamicin |
2-2.5 mg/kg IM OR IV |
TID |
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