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AGACNP ANCC EXAM – ANTIBIOTICS Questions and Answers with Complete
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MSSA - ANSWER gram positive
MRSA - ANSWER Gram positive
Streptococcus pneumoniae - ANSWER gram positive
Enterococcus - ANSWER gram positive
Enterobacter - ANSWER gram negative
Pseudomonas - ANSWER gram negative
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Intra-abdominal infections - ANSWER Metronidazole
aspiration pneumonia - ANSWER Ampicillin-sulbactam
C. diff - ANSWER Vancomycin
MSSA treatment - ANSWER Dicroxacillin, nafcillin, oxacillin
Cefazolin, cephalexin (1st and 2nd gen cephalosporins)
MRSA treatment - ANSWER Vancomycin, daptomycin,
linezolid, tigecycline, ceftaroline
Strep pyogenes treatment - ANSWER penicillin, amoxicillin,
or cephalosporin
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AGACNP ANCC EXAM – ANTIBIOTICS Questions and Answers with Complete
Solutions UPDATED!!!
MSSA - ANSWER gram positive
MRSA - ANSWER Gram positive
Streptococcus pneumoniae - ANSWER gram positive
Enterococcus - ANSWER gram positive
Enterobacter - ANSWER gram negative
Pseudomonas - ANSWER gram negative
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Intra-abdominal infections - ANSWER Metronidazole
aspiration pneumonia - ANSWER Ampicillin-sulbactam
C. diff - ANSWER Vancomycin
MSSA treatment - ANSWER Dicroxacillin, nafcillin, oxacillin
Cefazolin, cephalexin (1st and 2nd gen cephalosporins)
MRSA treatment - ANSWER Vancomycin, daptomycin,
linezolid, tigecycline, ceftaroline
Strep pyogenes treatment - ANSWER penicillin, amoxicillin,
or cephalosporin
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