Question 322 · LDEK · Pharmacotherapy in oral surgery
One of the adverse effects of antibiotic therapy with amoxicillin and clavulanic acid is pseudomembranous colitis due to Clostridium difficile. It can be treated with:
1) clindamycin;
2) cotrimoxazole;
3) metronidazole;
4) cefaclor;
5) vancomycin;
6) cefepime.
The correct answer is:
2) cotrimoxazole;
3) metronidazole;
4) cefaclor;
5) vancomycin;
6) cefepime.
The correct answer is:
- A. 1,2.
- B. 3,5.
- C. 4,6.
- D. 1,3.
- E. 2,4,5.
Hint
Sort the drugs into those active against C. difficile in the gut and those that themselves provoke the infection.
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