A 22-year-old woman develops enteric fever in India. She is treated with azithromycin. Why has azithromycin become increasingly important in the empir...

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A 22-year-old woman develops enteric fever in India. She is treated with azithromycin. Why has azithromycin become increasingly important in the empirical treatment of enteric fever from South Asia?

Accepted Answer

Rising fluoroquinolone resistance and decreased ciprofloxacin susceptibility (DCS) in S. Typhi isolates from South Asia has made azithromycin the preferred empirical oral treatment

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It is the cheapest antibiotic available

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Azithromycin has no side effects

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Azithromycin penetrates bone marrow better than any other antibiotic

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Fluoroquinolone resistance has not been reported from South Asia

uk-dtmh MCQ (SBA): Azithromycin for Enteric Fever

A 22-year-old woman develops enteric fever in India. She is treated with azithromycin. Why has azithromycin become increasingly important in the empirical treatment of enteric fever from South Asia?