question_microbiology!!!! - gunel

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4 yr old boy is being woken up for severe acute rhino sinusitis. Culture from material obtained from maxillary sinus grew aerobic, oxidase-positive, and gram-negative diplococci. How should this infection be treated?

a. ampicillin
b. amoxi-clavulanate
c. cephalexin
d. dicloxacillin
e. vanco

[ArchivalUser]

b. amoxi-clavulanate, moraxella most likely

[ArchivalUser]

Agree.

[ArchivalUser]

yup!

[ArchivalUser]

Thanks!