Question 221 · LEK · Ear diseases
The first-line antibiotic-treatment of uncomplicated otitis media in children is:
- A. cefuroxime.
- B. ceftriaxone.
- C. clarithromycin.
- D. amoxicillin with clavulanic acid.
- E. amoxicillin.
Hint
Choose the narrow-spectrum, high-dose oral beta-lactam active against pneumococcus, used when there was no recent antibiotic exposure.
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