A family has just returned from a camping trip, and all family members have diarrhea and colicky abdominal pain after eating
The parents report that they drank water from a well while on the camping trip. While awaiting stool cultures, the nurse will expect the provider to order which agent empirically?
a. Iodoquinol (Yodoxin)
b. Metronidazole (Flagyl)
c. Miltefosine (Impavido)
d. Sodium stibogluconate (Pentostam)
ANS: B
This family most likely has giardiasis, which can be acquired by drinking contaminated water. Metronidazole is the drug of choice for this infection. Iodoquinol is used for asymptomatic amebiasis. Miltefosine and sodium stibogluconate are used to treat leishmaniasis.
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