Recommended dosage in adults1
Usual adult dose
The usual adult dose of cefoperazone/sulbactam is 2 g/day to 4 g/day (i.e. 1 g/day to 2 g/day of cefoperazone activity) given intravenously or intramuscularly in equally divided doses every 12 hours.
In severe or refractory infections, the daily dosage of cefoperazone/sulbactam may be increased up to 8 g (i.e. 4 g of cefoperazone activity) given intravenously in equally divided doses or 12 g of the 1:2 ratio. The recommended maximum daily dosage of sulbactam is 4 g (i.e. 8 g of cefoperazone/sulbactam).
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1. Magnex. Local product document. Pfizer; 2020. Version LPDMGX042020.
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