Master Specialist Public Health & General Preventive Medicine (SPH6022)
for DHA Speciality

A 34-year-old woman presents to the emergency department at 30 weeks' gestation with a 6-hour history of fever (38.9?C), rigors, and a spreading erythematous rash on her left leg. She is hypotensive with a blood pressure of 82/48 mmHg and a heart rate of 128/min. She has no known drug allergies. The obstetric team requests immediate empiric antibiotics. Which of the following is the most appropriate initial antibiotic regimen?

A 28-year-old woman presents to a sexual health clinic with a 2-day history of purulent vaginal discharge and dysuria. She is 10 weeks pregnant. She has no allergies. A nucleic acid amplification test is pending, but the clinic decides to start empiric treatment for presumed gonorrhoea based on her symptoms and a recent partner with confirmed infection. Which of the following is the most appropriate empiric regimen?

A 45-year-old man with a history of alcohol-related cirrhosis (Child-Pugh B) presents with a 1-day history of fever, abdominal pain, and distension. Paracentesis reveals a neutrophil count of 400 cells/mm?. He has no allergies. The team plans to start antibiotics and albumin. Which of the following is the most appropriate initial antibiotic regimen?

A 62-year-old woman with type 2 diabetes and a history of heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (EF 35%) presents with a 2-day history of dysuria and frequency. She is afebrile, haemodynamically stable, and urinalysis shows nitrites and leukocytes. She has no allergies. Which of the following is the most appropriate oral antibiotic?

A 55-year-old man with a history of asthma presents with a 3-day history of fever, cough, and pleuritic chest pain. He is tachypneic at 24/min, SpO2 92% on room air, and chest X-ray shows left lower lobe consolidation. He has no allergies. The team plans to start antibiotics. Which of the following is the most appropriate empiric antibiotic regimen?