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Exam questionKROK 1Medicine · 2023

Nosocomial pneumonia was diagnosed in a 38-year-old inpatient. The doctor prescribed the patient a broad-spectrum antibiotic that is resistant to ß-lactamases, inhibits peptidoglycan synthesis in the bacterial membrane, and practically cannot be degraded by dehydropeptidase-1 in the renal tubules. What antibiotic did the patient receive?

Answer options

  1. Rifabutin
  2. Streptomycin
  3. Erythromycin
  4. Levofloxacin
  5. Meropenem
Correct answer

Meropenem

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