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determine
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A full-term infant is born 36 hours after rupture of the amniotic membranes. The infant develops tachypnea and has a left shift in the white cell count of 35%. In your choice of antibiotics, ampicillin offers an advantage over penicillin for which of the following potential pathogens?<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> 1) Group A Streptococcus 2) Group B Streptococcus 3) Enterococcus faecalis 4) Listeria monocytogenes 5) Escherichia coli
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yasmeen
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NEONATAL SEPSIS ECOLI
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babli
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2) Group B Streptococcus
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achilles
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E coli.
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AAAAA
| Forum Fanatic Topics: 159 Posts: 2013
full-term----->E COli------> treated with ampicillin premature infant-----------> less than 34 weeks----------> GBS---------->Group B strept Full-term infants-----------> infection from the intestines------->E.coli premature infants---------> GBS------> colonization from the vagina------->Mom's urinary tracts and colonized at the vagina
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babli
| Forum Guru Topics: 40 Posts: 424
thanks AAAA for clarification.
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determine
| Forum Guru Topics: 152 Posts: 335
thanks AAAAA
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drk1980
| Forum Guru  Topics: 147 Posts: 1036
neonatal sepsis a common cause is listeria.....so why not listeria in this case?
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suzy
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I agree with babli...intrapartum ampicillin reduces incidence of group B strep and with rupture of the membranes for more than 18 hours.
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sarinha
| Forum Newbie Topics: 1 Posts: 2
 Ampicilin is the best choice for Listeria ... especially derived from cheese (cotage)
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study_ing
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i agree with listeria...the q is not about the most common pathogen according o age but the therapeutic advantage of ampicillin.
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