Childn 8 mg/kg/day as a single dose or in 2 divided doses as 4 mg/kg every 12 hr. Typhoid fever 20 mg/kg/day in 2 divided doses or as a single dose. Infection due to S. pyogenes Administer at least 10 days.
Hypersensitivity to cefixime, or other cephalosporin antibiotics. Patients w/ previous, immediate &/or severe hypersensitivity to penicillin or any β-lactam antibiotics. Preterm & newborn infants (0-27 days).
Penicillin-sensitive patients. Discontinue immediately & initiate appropriate emergency measures if severe hypersensitivity or anaphylactic reactions occur. Antibiotic-associated diarrhoea caused by C. difficile. Consider diagnosis of pseudomembranous colitis in patients who develop diarrhoea. Contraindicated in the use of medicinal products inhibiting the intestinal peristalsis. Galactose intolerance, the Lapp lactase deficiency or glucose-galactose malabsorption. Not recommended in patients w/ renal insufficiency (CrCl <20 mL/min). Pregnancy & lactation.
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