QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS BY EXPERTS
LATEST UPDATE 2026/2027
GRADED A+ .
, 1. What pathogen is highly associated with CAP in general population ✔✔ ANSW strepto-coccus pneumoniae
2. Other common pathogens with CAP ✔✔ atypical bacteria (mycoplasma pneumonia) viruses (influenza, respiratory syncytial
virus)
3. First line treatment CAP in previous healthy adults ✔✔ Amoxicillin, doxycycline, macrolides (DAM)
4. Treatment of CAP in pregnancy ✔✔ amoxicillin, cephalosporins, erythromycin (ACE)
5. Treatment for mycoplasma pneumonia in the pediatric patient ✔✔ Macrolides (ery-thromycin, clarithromycin, azithromycin)
6. treatment of chlamydial pneumonia in infant ✔✔ Erythromycin base/ethylsuccinate
7. Broad spectrum antibiotics - when to use ✔✔ ANSW empiric therapy When you don't know
which bacteria it is
more likely to facilitate emergence of drug-resistant organisms and superinfections prescribe these before culture results back
suspects patient has UTI
8. Narrow spectrum antibiotics - when to use ✔✔ ANSW When the pathogen is known Preferred
9. What are empiric antibiotics ✔✔ ANSW Broad Spectrum antibiotics that are given BEFORE the results are in for certain circumstances.
Also can be prescribed when the NP believes it is a certain disease.
A)Prescription for an antibiotic for severe infection based on knowledge B)Prescription of an antibiotic for severe infection
based on clinical evaluation C)Prescription of antibiotic for severe infection based on most likely causative agent
10. When to prescribe empiric antibiotics ✔✔ ANSW E for Emergency
E for enticpation Embulatory patients
Pt has severe infxn, initiate treatment before test results available
11. How to treat C Diff ✔✔ Stop taking the abx that caused it flagyl and vancomycin