An 8-year-old girl is brought to the pediatrician for a severe sore throat. The pediatrician prescribes penicillin and sends the girl home. Later that day, she develops a diffuse maculopapular rash, shortness of breath, and wheezing. Her parents take her to the emergency department, where she is diagnosed with anaphylaxis and treated successfully with epinephrine. Three months later, the girl has dysuria and urinary frequency. Urine Gram's stain reveals numerous gram-negative rods. Which of the following antibiotics could be safely given to this patient?
A. Ampicillin
B. Aztreonam
C. Cefoperazone
D. Cephalexin
E. Methicillin
F. Oxacillin
G. Ticarcillin
yep aztreonam for sure bkz on boards wen a person has penicillin allergy u never prescribe cephalosporins as well.... aztreonum doesnt cause this allergy...
Like I said before i am not sure that Cephalexin is the correct answer, and I think you're right when saying on the boards cephalosporins aren't given to a pencillin allergic patients. My reason for defending cephalosporins, is mostly because i've seen patients in the hospital who were allergic to pencillin and were still given cephalosporins and didn't develop any allergies. Also there have been many studies since early 2000 on the connection between the two drugs, and as far as I know second and third generation cephalosporins didn't pose any extra threat to patients with pre-diagnosed pencillin allergies, and were safe to administer.
i agree with you... cephalosporins have a different structure and penicillin has different and cephalosporins are in practise given to such pts but still there is a risk of cross-sensitivty atleast on boards
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