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Question 39 (part 2) · LEK · Pneumonia

In antibiotic treatment of uncomplicated community-acquired pneumonia, the following drugs should be used:

  1. A. amoxicillin 500 mg orally every 8 hours. If the patient is allergic to penicillin, clarithromycin 500 mg orally every 12 hours or erythromycin 500 mg orally every 6 hours.
  2. B. amoxicillin 500 mg orally every 8 hours. If the patient is allergic to penicillin, cefuroxime 1.5 g intravenously every 8 hours.
  3. C. cefuroxime 500 mg orally every 12 hours. If the patient is allergic to penicillin, erythromycin 500 mg orally every 6 hours.
  4. D. erythromycin 500 mg orally every 6 hours. If the patient is allergic to penicillin, cefuroxime 500 mg orally every 12 hours.
  5. E. amoxicillin 500 mg orally every 8 hours. If the patient is allergic to penicillin, cefuroxime 500 mg orally every 12 hours.
Hint

Choose the oral first-line beta-lactam and, for penicillin allergy, a drug from a different class that also covers atypical pathogens.

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