Question 13 · LDEK · Pharmacotherapy in oral surgery

The first-line antibiotics used in pregnant and breast-feeding women with odontogenic infections include:

1) 1st generation of cephalosporins;
2) 2nd generation of cephalosporins;
3) 3rd generation of cephalosporins;
4) 4th generation of cephalosporins;
5) amoxicillin.
The correct answer is:
  1. A. all the above.
  2. B. 1,5.
  3. C. 2,5.
  4. D. only 4.
  5. E. only 5.
Hint

Pick the beta-lactams with the longest safety record in pregnancy and good activity against oral streptococci, not broad Gram-negative cover.

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