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Usual Adult Dose for Pneumonia. 500 mg orally 3 times a day or 875 mg orally twice a day may be administered for 7 to 10 days if pneumococcal pneumonia is suspected. Only mild pneumonia due to pneumococcus should be treated with amoxicillin.
Throat swab specimens were obtained and the children received an initial dose of amoxicillin 50 mg/kg/day. Between 12 and 23 hours after the first dose, all children returned for another throat swab, ear temperature reading, and oropharynx examination. On the second day, 91% had undetectable group A streptococci on the rapid test, and on the throat culture (confidence interval [CI], 86% - 96%).