Pharm Exam 4 CH 42 Pneumonia The most common bacterial pathogen in community-acquired
pneumonia is:
- Haemophilus influenzae
- Staphylococcus aureus
- Mycoplasma pneumoniae
- Streptococcus pneumoniae (Answer)- 4. Streptococcus pneumoniae
The first-line drug choice for a previously healthy adult patient
diagnosed with community-acquired pneumonia would be:
- Ciprofloxacin
- Azithromycin
- Amoxicillin
- Doxycycline (Answer)- 2. Azithromycin
The first-line antibiotic choice for a patient with comorbidities or who is immunosuppressed
who has pneumonia and can be treated as an outpatient would be:
- Levofloxacin
- Amoxicillin
- Ciprofloxacin
- Cephalexin (Answer)- 1. Levofloxacin
If an adult patient with comorbidities cannot reliably take oral antibiotics
to treat pneumonia, an appropriate initial treatment option would be:
- IV or IM gentamicin
- IV or IM ceftriaxone
- IV amoxicillin
- IV ciprofloxacin (Answer)- 2. IV or IM ceftriaxone
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