A 26-Year-Old Man Is Being Evaluated for Recurrent Boils and Skin

question 487

Multiple Choice

A 26-year-old man is being evaluated for recurrent boils and skin abscesses.  Anterior nares swab culture is performed to determine colonization by the culprit bacteria, which yields gram-positive cocci in clusters.  The bacteria are able to grow in a media containing oxacillin.  PCR testing reveals the pathogen has acquired the mecA gene.  These bacteria are most likely to be resistant to which of the following antibiotics?

• A)Cefazolin
• B)Clindamycin
• C)Doxycycline
• D)Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole
• E)Vancomycin

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