Table 3.

Initial treatment of purulent meningitis with negative direct examination, absence of predisposing factors and signs of severity [1]

	Antibiotic	Posology (mg/kg per day)	Administration route
Child =3 months	Cefotaxime	200-300	Four infusions
	or ceftriaxone	70-100*	One or two intravenous injections
Adult	Amoxicillin	200	Four to six infusions
	or cefotaxime	200-300	Four infusions
	or ceftriaxone	70-100	One or two intravenous injections

*Maximum 4 g/day