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sandra
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02/20/08 - 08:48 PM

32. A previously healthy 24-year-old woman comes to the physician because of a low-grade fever

and a nonproductive cough for 7 days. She has been able to continue her daily activities. Her

temperature is 37.7 C (99.9 F). A few scattered inspiratory crackles are heard in the thorax. An xray

film of the chest shows patchy infiltrates in both lungs. Which of the following is the most

appropriate initial pharmacotherapy?

A

) Amoxicillin

B

) Cefaclor

C

) Ciprofloxacin

D

) Erythromycin

E

) Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole

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mariamle
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02/21/08 - 04:02 AM

d Erythromycin

Vietnamese
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05/31/08 - 07:58 PM

D

Walking pneumonia of Mycoplasma pneumonia.

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vecchio
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06/02/08 - 08:39 AM

E

Bilat pnuemonia less likely cause from Mycoplasma

mangoshaikh
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06/03/08 - 10:35 AM

exactly its atypical pnemonia by mycoplasma... E

Al Durra
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06/03/08 - 11:07 AM

Mycoplasma = Ig M = Macrolides

D Erythro or preferably Azithro or Clarithro
if the patient is older than 25 YO , Amoxi or Cephalo are acceptable ,too.

Anand007
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06/03/08 - 12:36 PM

yes.. macrolides for mycoplasma.. D

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