Use of a combination of amoxicillin and clavulanate in the manufacture of a medicament for therapeutic drug resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae

摘要

Infections potentially caused by DRSP may be treated by a method which comprises administering a pharmaceutical formulation comprising either: for an adult or older child patient from 800 to 1100 mg amoxycillin and from 100 to 150 mg clavulanate in a weight ratio between 6:1 and 10:1 inclusive; or for a paediatric patient from 30 to 40 mg/kg body weight of amoxycillin and from 3 to 8 mg/kg body weight of clavulanate in a weight ratio between 6:1 and 10:1 inclusive; in combination with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or excipient, three times a day(tid).