Template:Thrush Antifungals: Difference between revisions
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**Fluconazole is reserved for moderate to severe disease | **Fluconazole is reserved for moderate to severe disease | ||
====Pediatric Dosing==== | ====Pediatric Dosing==== | ||
''If the patient is breast feeding it is important for the mother to treat her nipples before and after feeding'' | |||
*Nystatin Oral Suspension | *Nystatin Oral Suspension | ||
**100,000 units/ml for 14 days for all ages | **100,000 units/ml for 14 days for all ages | ||
Revision as of 16:04, 13 April 2015
- Nystatin oral suspension 400,000-600,000 units (swish and swallow) Q6H until 48 hours after symptoms disappear OR
- Clotrimazole 10 mg troches 5 times/day for 14 consecutive days OR
- Fluconazole 200 mg (Peds: 6 mg/kg) PO on day one, followed by 100 mg (Peds: 3 mg/kg_ daily for two weeks.
- Fluconazole is reserved for moderate to severe disease
Pediatric Dosing
If the patient is breast feeding it is important for the mother to treat her nipples before and after feeding
- Nystatin Oral Suspension
- 100,000 units/ml for 14 days for all ages
- Premature infants should only have 0.5 - 1 mL given to each side of the mouth every 6 hours
- Clotrimazole 10mg PO five times daily for 14 days
- reserved for patients > 3 years old