NR 566 MIDTERM EXAM QUESTIONS
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Community Acquired Pneumonia - Common Pathogens - ANS -S. pneumoniae
-Mycoplasma spp.
-H. influenzae
-Staphylococcus aureus
Community Acquired Pneumonia - 1st line treatment for previously healthy adults and what to
give if 1st drug didn't work? - ANS 1st line: Amoxicillin, doxycycline and macrolide
(Azithromycin)
Second choice: Levaquin (Fluroquinolones)
Treatment for M. Pneumoniae in pediatric patients? - ANS Macrolides: Azithromycin,
Erythromycin, Clarithromycin
Treatment of community acquired pneumonia in pregnancy - ANS Amoxicillin,
cephalosporins, or erythromycin
If someone has been treated w/ an antibiotic in the previous 90 days of contracting CAP, a
quinolone would be prudent choice to prescribe. Be familiar with drug examples w/n the
antibiotic class - ANS "floxacin"
Genifloxacin
Ciprofloxacin
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, Treatment of chlamydial pneumonia in an infant? - ANS Erythromycin 12.5 mg/kg PO QID x
14 days
When to use a broad-spectrum anitbiotic? - ANS -before cultures result
-critically ill patient
-empiric therapy
-pathogen is unknown or multiple types of bacteria suspected
-Gram + cocci and Gram - Bacilli
Narrow-spectrum antibiotics - ANS -active against only a few species of microogranisms
-used when pathogen is known
-reduces risk of disruption of normal flora and development of antibiotic resistance
-preferred when possible
-Gram + cocci, Gram - bacilli, gram - aerobes, mycobacterium TB
Empiric antibiotics - What are they? - ANS Broad spectrum antibiotics
-Ciprofloxacin, timethoprim/sulfamethoxazole, Amoxicillin
When to prescribed empiric antibiotics - ANS -patient has severe infection
-before test results are available
-based on clinical evaluation and knowledge of microbes that are most likely causing the
infection
C. Diff associated diarrhea - how to treat? - ANS Stop prior antibiotic and start Vancomycin or
Fidaxomicin or Metronidazole
Chart in Book
Drug class known for ALL drugs in class to promote development of C. Diff - ANS -
Cephalosporins
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AND ANSWERS | 2026 UPDATE | 100%
CORRECT.
Community Acquired Pneumonia - Common Pathogens - ANS -S. pneumoniae
-Mycoplasma spp.
-H. influenzae
-Staphylococcus aureus
Community Acquired Pneumonia - 1st line treatment for previously healthy adults and what to
give if 1st drug didn't work? - ANS 1st line: Amoxicillin, doxycycline and macrolide
(Azithromycin)
Second choice: Levaquin (Fluroquinolones)
Treatment for M. Pneumoniae in pediatric patients? - ANS Macrolides: Azithromycin,
Erythromycin, Clarithromycin
Treatment of community acquired pneumonia in pregnancy - ANS Amoxicillin,
cephalosporins, or erythromycin
If someone has been treated w/ an antibiotic in the previous 90 days of contracting CAP, a
quinolone would be prudent choice to prescribe. Be familiar with drug examples w/n the
antibiotic class - ANS "floxacin"
Genifloxacin
Ciprofloxacin
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, Treatment of chlamydial pneumonia in an infant? - ANS Erythromycin 12.5 mg/kg PO QID x
14 days
When to use a broad-spectrum anitbiotic? - ANS -before cultures result
-critically ill patient
-empiric therapy
-pathogen is unknown or multiple types of bacteria suspected
-Gram + cocci and Gram - Bacilli
Narrow-spectrum antibiotics - ANS -active against only a few species of microogranisms
-used when pathogen is known
-reduces risk of disruption of normal flora and development of antibiotic resistance
-preferred when possible
-Gram + cocci, Gram - bacilli, gram - aerobes, mycobacterium TB
Empiric antibiotics - What are they? - ANS Broad spectrum antibiotics
-Ciprofloxacin, timethoprim/sulfamethoxazole, Amoxicillin
When to prescribed empiric antibiotics - ANS -patient has severe infection
-before test results are available
-based on clinical evaluation and knowledge of microbes that are most likely causing the
infection
C. Diff associated diarrhea - how to treat? - ANS Stop prior antibiotic and start Vancomycin or
Fidaxomicin or Metronidazole
Chart in Book
Drug class known for ALL drugs in class to promote development of C. Diff - ANS -
Cephalosporins
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