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. 2024 Dec 26;27:100577. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpddr.2024.100577

Table 4.

Human Disease Dosing for Clindamycin from Micromedex. q is abbreviation for quaque meaning every.

Disease Dose Schedule Total daily Role
Babesiosis, mild 600 q8hr 1800 combination
Babesiosis, severe 600 q6 hr 2400 combination
Bacterial vaginosis 300 every 12 hrr 600 single
Bite wound infection 300, 600 q 6, 8hr 900, 1800 single
Diabetic foot infection 300, 450 q 6, 8hr 900, 1350 single
Hidradenitis suppurativa 300 every 12 hrr 600 combination
Malaria 450 q8hr 1350 combination
Mastitis 300, 450 q6, 8hr 1200, 1350 single
Neutropenic fever 600 q8hr 2400 combination
Osteomyelitis IV 600, 900 q6, 8hr 1800, 2700 single
Osteomyelitis oral 600 q8hr 1800 single
Pelvic inflammatory disease, IV 900 q8hr 2700 combination
Pelvic inflammatory disease, oral 450 q6 hr 1800 combination
Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia, IV 600, 900 q6,8 2600, 2700 combination
Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia, oral 450, 600 q6,8 1800 combination
Aspiration pneumonia 300, 450 q8hr 900, 1350 single
methicillin, resistant S. aureus pneumonia 600 q8hr 1800 single
Postpartum endometritis 900 q8hr 2700 combination
Prosthetic joint infection, IV 600, 900 q8hr 1800, 2700 single
Prosthetic joint infection, oral 300, 450 q6 hr 1200, 1800 single
Rhinosinusitis 300 q6,8hr 900, 1200 combination
Septic arthritis due to Staphylococcus aureus 600 q8hr 1800 single
Skin and soft tissue infection, IV 600, 900 q6, 8hr 1800, 2700 single
Skin and soft tissue infection, oral 300, 450 q6,8hr 1800 single
Streptococcus, group A, bloodstream infection 900 q8hr 2700 combination
Streptococcus, group A, pharyngitis 300 q8hr 900 single
Streptococcus, group A, chronic carriage 300 q8hr 900 single
Streptococcus, group B, maternal prophylaxis 900 q8hr prn 900 single
Surgical prophylaxis 900 q6 hr prn 900 single
Toxic shock syndrome, toxin production suppression 900 q8hr 2700 combination
Toxoplasma gondii encephalitis and pneumonitis 600 q6 hr 2400 combination