ANTIBIOTIC REGIMENS FOUND FOR RESOURCE-POOR SETTINGS

摘要

Severe infections are a major cause of neonatal mortality. Recommended treatment involves seven to ten days of parenteral antibiotic therapy given in hospital but this is often not possible in low-inoome and middle-inoome countries. Now, a major research venture has yielded two antibiotic regimens that can be administered in the outpatient setting. One is intramuscular gentamicin plus oral amoxicillin for seven days while the other is intramuscular procaine benzylpenicillin and gentamicin for two days then oral amoxicillin for five days.