A 67-year-old female was admitted to the hospital because of fever, diarrhea, and severe abdominal pain. Four days earlier, the patient had started antibiotic treatment because of acute tonsillitis. Colonoscopy revealed di!use ulcerations and exudative membranous plaques lining the colonic mucosa. Which of the following antibiotics is most useful in the treatment of this condition?
سؤال مجاني 6 من 10 اليوم · اشترك وكمّل بدون حد
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الإجابة والشرح
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الإجابة: C. Vancomycin
Diarrhea with pseudomembranes after antibiotics = C. difficile (pseudomembranous) colitis. It is treated with oral vancomycin. Ampicillin can itself precipitate C. difficile, and rifampicin and tobramycin are not used for it.
ليش كل خيار صح أو غلط
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A
ليش غلط
Ampicillin is another antibiotic. Antibiotic exposure is what lets C. difficile overgrow and cause the colitis; it is the cause, not the treatment.
✓ OnlineMedEd -diarrhea.pdf · p. 1 -
B
ليش غلط
Rifampicin is used for TB, resistant staph infections and meningococcal prophylaxis, not for C. difficile colitis.
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C
ليش صح
Antibiotic-associated colitis by C. difficile is treated with oral vancomycin.
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D
ليش غلط
Tobramycin is an aminoglycoside used for UTI and gram-negative septicemia, not for C. difficile colitis.
✓ Antibiotics.pdf · p. 3
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- Antibiotics.pdf · p. 2
Inefctious Diseases 🦠.pdf · p. 5 - المحاضرة
- Antimicrobials · Infectious Diseases · Module B
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