PANCE Exam Practice Questions: Quiz 369

A college wrestler develops cellulitis after abrading his skin during a match. He is afebrile and appears well but his arm is red and swollen with several draining pustules. Gram stain of the pus shows gram-positive cocci in clusters. Which of the following statements is correct?
- a. The patient will require hospital admission and treatment with vancomycin.
- b. The organism will almost always be sensitive to oxacillin.
- c. The organism is likely to be sensitive to trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole.
- d. Community-acquired methicillin-resistant staphylococci have the same sensitivity pattern as hospital-acquired methicillin-resistant staphylococci.

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