q-6 - stefanbg

[ArchivalUser]

A 48-year-old woman seeks your advice about prevention of traveler's diarrhea. Her only medical problems
include diet-controlled diabetes mellitus and occasional candidal vaginitis. She will be visiting
Bombay and several rural villages for a total of 8 days as an inspector of sewage-treatment facilities. Given
her tight schedule, it is imperative that she not lose any time as a result of diarrhea. You counsel her about
safe food practices, prescribe mefloquine for malaria prophylaxis, and immunize her appropriately.

Which of the following would be the best choice for prevention of traveler's diarrhea in this patient?

❏ A. Loperamide daily
❏ B. Ciprofloxacin daily
❏ C. Doxycycline daily
❏ D. Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole daily
❏ E. Erythromycin daily

[ArchivalUser]

Is it B.....Doxy leads to vaginitis in DM...so here instead of Doxy..use Cipro-rite?

[ArchivalUser]

correct ...chapper good

[ArchivalUser]

yes chapper answer is Cipro

[ArchivalUser]

Agree, what is treatment drug, start with R?

[ArchivalUser]

RIFAXIMIN x 3 days..DOC for traveller diarrhoea.

[ArchivalUser]

you can use it also for diarrhea in irritable bowel disease that cannot resolve with all the other meds

[ArchivalUser]

Ok, thanks