Use of Ciprofloxacin in Children and Adolescents The CHMP raised concerns on the following wording in Section 4.1 of the SPC: “ Other severe infections in accordance with Official guidance, after careful benefit-risk evaluation when other treatments cannot be used, or after failure to conventional therapy and when the microbiological documentation can justify a ciprofloxacin use .” It was deemed to describe clinical situations in which the use of ciprofloxacin may be considered in spite of a missing indication, in children and adolescents.