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QuestionChoice
Vancomycin is used for MRSA-associated infections. As this patient is MRSA-negative, there is no need to use this drug as it has more severe side effects than co-amoxiclav.
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c
Vancomycin
QuestionChoice
Doxycycline is used to treat hospital-acquired pneumonia if a patient is allergic to penicillin. This patient has no allergies so co-amoxiclav is the first choice.
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d
Doxycycline
QuestionChoice
This patient has developed hospital-acquired pneumonia from being on the wards for 3 days. The first-line treatment for hospital-acquired pneumonia as per NICE is co-amoxiclav.
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a
Co-amoxiclav
QuestionChoice
Co-trimoxazole is typically used to treat ventilator-associated pneumonia. As this patient has not been ventilated, there is no need to use this drug to treat their hospital-acquired pneumonia. Co-trimoxazole contains trimethoprim and sulfamethoxazole. It can be used to treat hospital-acquired pneumonia if a patient is penicillin allergic or if there is a high resistance to penicillin in the local population.
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b
Co-trimoxazole
QuestionChoice
Nitrofurantoin is used to treat urinary tract infections, not pneumonia.
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e
Nitrofurantoin
Concept
Chapter
2693
3709
Pneumonia
Topic
132
Respiratory
17109
An 84-year-old woman comes into the hospital with a UTI and is treated on the wards. 3 days in, the patient develops a cough with purulent sputum. She is MRSA-negative and has no allergies. The doctor prescribes antibiotics for this patient.

As per NICE, which antibiotics would be given to this patient, given their new presentation?
a