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KD teicoplanin Inj.
- Brand name KD teicoplanin Inj.
- Category Antibacterial
- Active Ingredient Teicoplanin
- Rx/OTC Rx
■ Active Ingredient
■ Indication
■ Dosage & Administration
■ Drug Class
Teicoplanin 200mg
■ Indication
- potentially serious Gram-positive infections including those which cannot be treated with other antimicrobial drugs, eg. penicillins and cephalosporins
- serious staphylococcal infections in patients who cannot receive or who have failed to respond to the penicillins and cephalosporins, or who have infections with staphylococci resistant to other antibiotics
- skin and soft tissue infections, urinary tract infections, lower respiratory tract infections, joint and bone infections, septicaemia
■ Dosage & Administration
◉ Adult or elderly patients with normal renal function
► Moderate infections (skin and soft tissue infection, urinary track infection, lower respiratory tract infection)
- Loading dose : one single i.v. injection of 400mg on the first day
- Maintenance dose : one single i.v. or i.m. injection of 200mg daily
► Severe infections (joint and bone infection, septicaemia, endocarditis)
- Loading dose : three 400mg i.v. injections, administered 12 hours apart
- Maintenance dos
■ Drug Class
Glycopeptide antibiotics (Gram-positive infections)