children s health issues
Bacterial Meningitis in Newborns
Treatment of Bacterial Meningitis in Newborns
Antibiotics While awaiting culture results, the newborn is given antibiotics (often,ampicillinplusgentamicin,cefotaxime, or both) by vein (intravenously). Once the culture results are available, doctors change the antibiotics, if needed, to ones that are appropriate for the type of bacteria causing the meningitis. 