03-05-2011, 12:48 PM
A 75-year-old white woman presents with a fever, altered mental status, seizures, and nuchal rigidity. A lumbar puncture is performed, and the cerebrospinal fluid shows gram-positive bacilli.Which of the following medications is the treatment of choice for this patient's meningitis?
A.... ACYCLOVIR
B....AMPICILLIN
C....CEFTRIAXONE
D.....PENICILLIN
E....VANCOMYCIN
A.... ACYCLOVIR
B....AMPICILLIN
C....CEFTRIAXONE
D.....PENICILLIN
E....VANCOMYCIN