BY INTRAMUSCULAR INJECTION OR BY INTRAVENOUS INJECTION OR INFUSION, INITIALLY 400 MG (FOR SEVERE INFECTIONS, BY INTRAVENOUS INJECTION OR INFUSION, INITIALLY 400 MG EVERY 12 HOURS FOR 3 DOSES), THEN 200 MG ONCE DAILY (400 MG ONCE DAILY FOR SEVERE INFECTIONS); HIGHER DOSES MAY BE REQUIRED IN PATIENTS OVER 85 KG AND IN SEVERE BURNS, OR METICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION (CONSULT PRODUCT LITERATURE)
CHILD OVER 2 MONTHS BY INTRAVENOUS INJECTION OR INFUSION, INITIALLY 10 MG/KG EVERY 12 HOURS FOR 3 DOSES, SUBSEQUENTLY 6 MG/KG ONCE DAILY (SEVERE INFECTIONS OR IN NEUTROPENIA, 10 MG/KG ONCE DAILY); SUBSEQUENT DOSES CAN BE GIVEN BY INTRAMUSCULAR INJECTION (BUT INTRAVENOUS ADMINISTRATION PREFERRED IN CHILDREN); NEONATE BY INTRAVENOUS INFUSION, INITIALLY A SINGLE DOSE OF 16 MG/KG, SUBSEQUENTLY 8 MG/KG ONCE DAILY
STREPTOCOCCAL ENDOCARDITIS, BY INTRAVENOUS INJECTION OR INFUSION, ADULT INITIALLY 6 MG/KG EVERY 12 HOURS FOR 3 DOSES, THEN 6 MG/KG ONCE DAILY
ENTEROCOCCAL ENDOCARDITIS, BY INTRAVENOUS INJECTION OR INFUSION, ADULT INITIALLY 10 MG/KG EVERY 12 HOURS FOR 3 DOSES, THEN 10 MG/KG ONCE DAILY
ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY PROPHYLAXIS, BY INTRAVENOUS INJECTION, 400 MG AT INDUCTION OF ANAESTHESIA
ENDOCARDITIS PROPHYLAXIS [UNLICENSED INDICATION], SECTION 5.1, TABLE 2
NOTE PRE-DOSE (βTROUGHβ) CONCENTRATIONS SHOULD BE GREATER THAN 10 MG/LITRE (GREATER THAN 15 - 20 MG/LITRE IN ENDOCARDITIS) BUT LESS THAN 60 MG/LITRE
DOSE CHILDREN : 10 MG / KG I.V. 12 HRLY FOR FIRST THREE DOSES THAN 6 MG / KG / DAY.
NEONATES - 16 MG / KG FOR FIRST DAY THAN 8 MG / KG/DAY & DOSE SHOULD BE GIVEN BY I.V. INFUSION OVER 30 MTS.