An 11-year-old male presents with his mother to your clinic with 5 days of frequent diarrhea, occasionally with streaks
Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2022 3:49 pm
An 11-year-old male presents with his mother to your clinic with 5 days of frequent diarrhea, occasionally with streaks of blood mixed in. Stool cultures are pending, but preliminary stool samples demonstrate fecal WBC and RBC.Assuming the patient is stable enough for outpatient management, what would be the optimal treatment assuming the underlying pathogen is Shigella?
A. Oral Erythromycin
B. Oral Metronidazole
C. Oral Vancomycin
D. An oral quinolone E. Oral TMP-SMX
A. Oral Erythromycin
B. Oral Metronidazole
C. Oral Vancomycin
D. An oral quinolone E. Oral TMP-SMX