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Vancomycin may not be necessary

The guidelines from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) on the empirical treatment of bacterial meningitis in children recommend intravenous ceftriaxone for children aged ≥3 months and cefotaxime plus ampicillin or amoxicillin for infants aged ≥3 months.1 2 The British National Formulary for Children ( BNF-C ) recommends similar empirical treatment with cefotaxime or cefotaxime and ampicillin, respectively.3 Whereas the BNF-C …

B. Muller-Pebody | S. Ladhani | M. Sharland | Alan P. Johnson | K. Henderson

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[2] M. S. Murphy,et al. Management of bacterial meningitis and meningococcal septicaemia in children and young people: summary of NICE guidance , 2010, BMJ : British Medical Journal.

[3] S. McQueen. Bacterial meningitis and meningococcal septicaemia:the management of bacterial meningitis and meningococcal septicaemia in children and young people younger than 16 years in primary and secondary care , 2010 .

[4] R. Selvarangan,et al. Susceptibilities of Haemophilus influenzae, Streptococcus pneumoniae, including serotype 19A, and Moraxella catarrhalis paediatric isolates from 2005 to 2007 to commonly used antibiotics. , 2009, The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy.