Why Do Most Physicians Treat Otitis Media Empirically Instead of Obtaining

question 28

Multiple Choice

Why do most physicians treat otitis media empirically instead of obtaining cultures before prescribing antibiotics?

• A)It is hard to hard to obtain cultures from children.
• B)Cultures do not always correlate with the true pathogen.
• C)Pathogens causing otitis media never become resistant to antibiotics.
• D)The predominant infection causing organisms are known.

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