The WHO recommendation for antibiotic coverin the stabilization phase of treating malnourished boy free of initial complications is to use
belongs to book: MCQs in Pediatrics Review of Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics|Zuhair M Almusawi, Hasanein Ghali|20th edition| Chapter number:6| Question number:6.24
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(A). if no complications; oral Amoxicillin 25 mg/kg twice daily for 5 days. If there are any complications (shock, hypoglycemia, hypothermia, skin lesions, urinary tract or respiratory tract infections, or lethargy); Gentamicin 7.5 mg/kg N or lM once daily for 7 days and Ampicillin 50 mg/kg N or lM every 6 hours for 2 days then oral Amoxicillin 25- 40 mg/kg every 8 hours for 5 days.
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