A 47-year-old nonpregnant patient with sore throat, fever, tender anterior cervical nodes, and no cough tests positive for GAS by RADT. Best treatment...

Question

A 47-year-old nonpregnant patient with sore throat, fever, tender anterior cervical nodes, and no cough tests positive for GAS by RADT. Best treatment?

Accepted Answer

Penicillin V 500 mg twice daily for 10 days

Answer

Azithromycin 500 mg daily for 3 days

Answer

Levofloxacin 500 mg daily for 7 days

Answer

No antibiotics

Answer

Ceftriaxone 1 g IM once

us-abfm MCQ (SBA): Streptococcal Pharyngitis

A 47-year-old nonpregnant patient with sore throat, fever, tender anterior cervical nodes, and no cough tests positive for GAS by RADT. Best treatment?