A 75-year-old with severe CAP requires ICU admission with septic shock. What empiric regimen is recommended (no MRSA/Pseudomonas risk factors)?...

Question

A 75-year-old with severe CAP requires ICU admission with septic shock. What empiric regimen is recommended (no MRSA/Pseudomonas risk factors)?

Accepted Answer

Ceftriaxone plus azithromycin

Answer

Levofloxacin monotherapy

Answer

Ampicillin-sulbactam alone

Answer

Azithromycin alone

Answer

Vancomycin plus piperacillin-tazobactam for all

us-abem MCQ (SBA): Severe CAP-Empiric Therapy