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BRWH

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Before antiretrovirals are started for patients infected with HIV, which lab values should be obtained from the patient?
 
  a. Triglycerides
  b. Cholesterol
  c. Vitamin C
  d. T-lymphocyte count

Question 2

Penicillin is the drug of choice in the treatment of which infections?
 
  a. Urinary tract infections caused by Escherichia coli
  b. Otitis media caused by Haemophilus
  c. Group A beta-hemolytic streptococci
  d. Group B staphylococci


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Reply #1 on: Jul 23, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANS: D
Before beginning drug therapy with antiretrovirals, the helper T-lymphocyte (CD4) count must be measured. These results help assess an HIV patient's immunologic status and severity of infection.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C
Penicillin is effective in the treatment of the following susceptible organisms: group A beta-hemolytic streptococci and other less common organisms.


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