A patient in the ICU having fever since 1 week.He empirically started on a ceftriaxone and amikacin,the pus sent for culture after 48 hours blood culture report showed klebsiella with ESBL, what is the next step-

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Change amikacin to quinolone

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Increasing the dose of the same antibiotics

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Change ceftriaxone to ceftazidime

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change cerftriaxome to imipenem

1.	A patient in the ICU having fever since 1 week.He empirically started on a ceftriaxone and amikacin,the pus sent for culture after 48 hours blood culture report showed klebsiella with ESBL, what is the next step-
A.	Change amikacin to quinolone
B.	Increasing the dose of the same antibiotics
C.	Change ceftriaxone to ceftazidime
D.	change cerftriaxome to imipenem
Answer» E.

A patient in the ICU having fever since 1 week.He empirically started on a ceftriaxone and amikacin,the pus sent for culture after 48 hours blood culture report showed klebsiella with ESBL, what is the next step-

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