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| < 1 month || || [[Ampicillin]] + [[ | | < 1 month ||[[Streptococcus agalactiae]] <br> [[Escherichia coli]] <br> [[Listeria monocytogenes]] <br> [[Klebsiella]]|| [[Ampicillin]] + [[cefotaxime]] <br> OR <br> [[Ampicillin]] + [[aminoglycoside]] | ||
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| 1-23 months || || [[Vancomycin]] + [[ | | 1-23 months ||[[Streptococcus pneumoniae]] <br> [[Neisseria meningitidis]] <br> [[Streptococcus agalactiae]] <br> [[Haemophilus influenzae]] <br> [[E. coli]]|| [[Vancomycin]] + third generation [[cephalosporin]] | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Rim Halaby, M.D. [2]
Overview
Medical Therapy
Empirical Antibiotic Therapy in Neonatal Meningitis
GBS should be suspected as a causative agent for bacterial meningitis in infants less than two years of age for whom empirical antibiotic therapy should be initiated immediately.
| Age | Possible pathogens causing the bacterial meningitis | Empirical treatment |
| < 1 month | Streptococcus agalactiae Escherichia coli Listeria monocytogenes Klebsiella |
Ampicillin + cefotaxime OR Ampicillin + aminoglycoside |
| 1-23 months | Streptococcus pneumoniae Neisseria meningitidis Streptococcus agalactiae Haemophilus influenzae E. coli |
Vancomycin + third generation cephalosporin |