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A 3-year-old boy weighing 18 kg has a bulging left tympanic membrane with purulent discharge in the ear canal, and antibiotic treatment is indicated. He is at long day care from 7 am until 6 pm. The centre will not administer medicines and his mother cannot return during the day. He has no drug allergies and takes no other medicines. Which one of the following prescriptions should you write for him?