Spectrum: Local Antimicrobial Stewardship, for Prisma Health Children’s Hospital-Midlands

Cysticercosis

Preferred Therapy

Albendazole 400 mg 2 times daily x 7-30 days

Peds: 7.5 mg/kg 2 times daily

Alternative Therapy

Praziquantel 20 mg/kg 3 times daily x 14 days