Author Question: During drug therapy for pneumonia, a female patient develops a vaginal superinfection. The nurse ... (Read 45 times)

AEWBW · **on:** Jul 23, 2018

During drug therapy for pneumonia, a female patient develops a vaginal superinfection. The nurse explains that this infection is caused by:

a. large doses of antibiotics that kill normal flora.
b. the infection spreading from her lungs to the new site of infection.
c. resistance of the pneumonia-causing bacteria to the drugs.
d. an allergic reaction to the antibiotics.

Question 2

A patient has a urinary tract infection. The nurse knows that which class of drugs is especially useful for such infections?

a. Macrolides
b. Carbapenems
c. Sulfonamides
d. Tetracyclines