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The antibiotics for treatment Neisseria meningitides
Neisseria meningitides
The antibiotics for treatment included:
1- Penicillin MIC only
2- Ampicillin MIC only
3- Cefotaxime or Ceftriaxone
4- Meropenem
5- Azithromycin
6- Minocycline
7- Ciprofloxacin or Levofloxacin
8- Chloramphenicol
9- Trimethoprime – Sulphamethoxazole
Note: perform all antimicrobial susceptibility testing of (N. meningitides) in biological safety cabinet (BSC).
Disk diffusion tests with Ampicillin or penicillin are unreliable of N.meningitidis,MIC test should be used for this organism.
Azithromycin, Minocycline, Ciprofloxacin, Levofloxacin and Trimethoprime – Sulphamethoxazole; these antibiotics are used only for prophylaxis of meningococcal case contact, and do not apply to therapy of patients with invasive meningococcal disease.