| Recommended Regimens |
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| Aqueous crystalline penicillin G 100,000–150,000 units/kg/day, administered as 50,000 units/kg/dose IV every 12 hours during the first 7 days of life and every 8 hours thereafter for a total of 10 days |
| OR |
| Procaine penicillin G 50,000 units/kg/dose IM in a single daily dose for 10 days |
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