KROK 1 2007 – Question 161 · KROK (Medicine) · Pharmacology
A patient suffers from severe postoperative pseudomonadous infection. What of the following antibiotics should be administered in this case?
- A. Benzylpenicillin
- B. Doxycycline
- C. Cephazolin
- D. Amicacin sulfate
- E. Erythromycin
Hint
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a hospital-acquired Gram-negative rod with intrinsic resistance; think of the class of bactericidal protein-synthesis inhibitors that reliably cover it.
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