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Lauren is a 13-year-old child who comes to clinic with a 4-day history of cough, low-grade fever, and rhinorrhea. When she blows her nose or coughs the mucous is greenish-yellow. The appropriate antibiotic to prescribe would be:
 
  1. Amoxicillin
  2. Amoxicillin/clavulanate
  3. TMP/SMZ (Septra)
  4. None

Question 2

Jonathan has been diagnosed with strep throat and needs a prescription for an antibiotic. He says the last time he had penicillin he developed a red, blotchy rash. An appropriate antibiotic to prescribe would be:
 
  1. Penicillin VK, because his rash does not sound like a serious rash
  2. Amoxicillin
  3. Cefadroxil (Duricef)
  4. Azithromycin



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