An Antibiogram Is Performed on a Sample from Your Patient's

question 39

Multiple Choice

An antibiogram is performed on a sample from your patient's wound. The causative agent is found to be resistant to methicillin and vancomycin. This indicates that

• A) her infection is untreatable and will likely be fatal within a few days.
• B) antibiotics such as linezolid, daptomycin, or tigecycline are needed to treat her.
• C) she likely acquired the organism in a community setting rather than in the hospital.
• D) the causative organism is likely a member of her intestinal normal microbiota.
• E) the causative organism does not produce the protein coagulase.

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