Author Question: Twenty-year-old Annie comes to the clinic complaining of copious yellow-green eye discharge. Gram ... (Read 103 times)

azncindy619 · **on:** Jul 24, 2018

Twenty-year-old Annie comes to the clinic complaining of copious yellow-green eye discharge. Gram stain indicates she most likely has gonococcal conjunctivitis. While awaiting the culture results, the plan of care should be:

1. None, wait for the culture results to determine the course of treatment
2. Ciprofloxacin (Ciloxan) ophthalmic drops
3. IM ceftriaxone
4. High-dose oral amoxicillin

Question 2

Conjunctivitis in a child that is accompanied by acute otitis media is treated with:

1. Sulfacetamide 10 ophthalmic solution (Bleph-10)
2. Bacitracin/polymyxin B (Polysporin) ophthalmic drops
3. Ciprofloxacin (Ciloxan) ophthalmic drops
4. High-dose oral amoxicillin