If your patient indicates that he is allergic to penicillin, it is best to substitute ________ for antibiotic treatment
Pen VK
Keflex
Clindamycin
Amoxicillin
Clindamycin
Rationale: Clindamycin – This is a safe antibiotic to use for patients who are allergic or sensitive to the "cillin" groups. All the other medications listed contain some form of penicillin.
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All of the following precursors are found in the mitotic pool except:
a. Promyelocyte b. Myeloblast c. Metamyelocyte d. Myelocyte
A 2-week-old baby boy is hospitalized with fever, poor feeding, and lethargy
Laboratory results to date include: Blood cultures: negative to date Cerebrospinal fluid: 4200 WBC/l with 95% neutrophils Glucose: 2 mg/dl Protein: 355 mg/dl Direct Gram stain: few small gram-positive coccobacilli and moderate WBCs Direct bacterial latex agglutination: H. influenzae type b, N. meningitidis serogroups A, C, Y, and W135, S. pneumoniae, Group B Streptococcus, and E. coli K1 — All negative CSF culture at 24 hours: moderate growth of a gray, white colony with a narrow zone of beta-hemolysis You would expect this organism to be A) catalase positive. B) CAMP negative. C) esculin negative. D) sodium hippurate negative.
Sexually transmitted diseases are now often called sexually transmitted ________ because this term more accurately describes conditions in which the patient may not have symptoms.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
A shortened version of the SDS that is permanently affixed to a substance container is called the ________ label.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).