A 16-year-old girl with known cystic fibrosis presents with increasing productive cough and new crackles on auscultation. Her usual sputum isolates ar...

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A 16-year-old girl with known cystic fibrosis presents with increasing productive cough and new crackles on auscultation. Her usual sputum isolates are Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Which antibiotic is first-line for Pseudomonas coverage according to guidelines?

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Ciprofloxacin

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Amoxicillin

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Azithromycin

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Erythromycin

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Trimethoprim

ukmla MCQ (SBA): Cystic Fibrosis

A 16-year-old girl with known cystic fibrosis presents with increasing productive cough and new crackles on auscultation. Her usual sputum isolates are Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Which antibiotic is first-line for Pseudomonas coverage according to guidelines?