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]
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 ame-biasis. Miltefosine and sodium stibogluconate are used to treat leishmaniasis.
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