Penicillin G benzathine, penicillin G procaine equal ... Give by deep IM inj into upper, outer buttock (dorsogluteal) or ventrogluteal site; for younger children, midlateral thigh may be preferred.
Penicillin G benzathine 600,000 units/mL ... Give by deep IM inj into upper outer quadrant of buttock; rotate inj sites. Upper respiratory Group A strep: 1.2 million units once.