Erratum

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Therapy of community-acquired acute bacterial meningitis: the clock is running

In the review by Klein et al. (Expert Opin. Pharmacother. (2009) 10(16):2609-2623), Table 5 should have appeared as follows:

Table 5. Dosage of antibiotic therapy in bacterial meningitis.

Antibiotic	Daily dose in adults (interval of doses in hours)
Ampicillin	12 – 15 g (4 h)
Cefepim	6 g (8 h)
Cefotaxime	8 – 12 g (4 – 6 h)
Ceftriaxone	4 g (12 h)
Ceftazidime	6 g (8 h)
Chloramphenicol	4 – 6 g (6 h)
Ciprofloxacin	1.2 (8 h)
Daptomycin	6 – 10 mg/kg body weight (24 h)
Trimethoprim sulfamethoxazole	2.88 g (8 h)
Flucloxacillin	12 g (6 – 8 h)
Fosfomycin	15 g (8 h)
Gentamicin	3 – 5 mg/kg (8 h)*
Linezolid	1.2 g (12 h)
Meropenem	6 g (8 h)
Metronidazol	2 g (8 h)
Moxifloxacin	0.4 g (24 h)^‡
Penicillin G	20 – 30 Mio IU (4 h)
Rifampicin	10 mg/kg body weight (24 h)
Vancomycin	2 – 3 g (6 – 12 h)*

*Monitoring of serum levels required.

^‡Data on optimal dose in bacterial meningitis not existent.

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