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Updated Recommendation
A new evidence synthesis was published:2024, Guideline on management of pneumonia and diarrhoea in children up to 10 years of age.
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GuidelineRecommendations for management of common childhood conditions : evidence for technical update of pocket book recommendations : newborn conditions, dysentery, pneumonia, oxygen use and delivery, common causes of fever, severe acute malnutrition and supportive care
Year of Publication2012
Issuing InstitutionWorld Health Organization
Recommendation
Status
Retired
Recommended in favor
Strong
Certainty of evidence
Low
Children with diarrhoea and blood in stool (i.e. dysentery) should be treated with ciprofloxacin as a first line treatment. Ceftriaxone should be given as a second line treatment in severely ill children where local antimicrobial sensitivity is not known. — Ciprofloxacin: 15 mg/kg/dose twice daily for 3 days — Ceftriaxone: 50–80 mg/kg daily for 3 days