NABP NAPLEX Exam - Topic 4 Question 13 Discussion

Actual exam question for NABP's NAPLEX exam

Question #: 13
Topic #: 4

JT is a 58-year-old women who is on vancomycin empirically for pyomyositis confirmed by MRI. Surgical debridement has successfully removed infected tissue and pus. C&S of the infected tissue comes back MSSA sensitive to everything on the panel. JT is allergic to PCN (rash), she has had cephalosporin for her UTI in the past with no problem.

What would be the most appropriate antibiotics to switch to while JT is still in the hospital?

AOxacillin

BDoxycycline

CCeftaroline

DDaptomycin

ECefazolin

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Suggested Answer: E

Cefazolin or an antistaphylococcal penicillin (oxacillin or nafcillin) is recommended for this patient because the C&S results indicate MSSA. Since the patient develops a rash to penicillins, it would be acceptable to use cefazolin in this case.

https://academic.oup.com/cid/article/59/2/e10/2895845/Practice-Guidelines-for-the-Diagnosis-and

by Alesia at May 03, 2022, 04:57 PM

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Jaleesa

4 months ago

Daptomycin would be overkill for MSSA, right?

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Elsa

4 months ago

Ceftaroline? Not sure that's necessary in this case.

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Mona

4 months ago

Wait, can she really handle cephalosporins after a PCN allergy?

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Lemuel

4 months ago

Totally agree, MSSA is sensitive to it!

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Juan

5 months ago

Oxacillin seems like the best choice here.

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Beatriz

5 months ago

I’m leaning towards ceftaroline because it’s broad-spectrum, but I’m not sure if it’s necessary in this case since we have a sensitive organism.

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Kenia

5 months ago

Daptomycin seems like a safer choice since it’s not a beta-lactam, but I feel like I’ve seen practice questions where oxacillin was the preferred treatment for MSSA.

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Kathryn

5 months ago

I think cefazolin could be a good option since she tolerated cephalosporins before, but I’m not completely confident about the allergy cross-reactivity.

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Fredric

5 months ago

I remember that MSSA is usually treated with beta-lactams, but I'm unsure if oxacillin is the best choice given her PCN allergy.

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5 months ago

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5 months ago

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5 months ago

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