Mezlocillin indications

The answer is b. (Hardman, pp 1077—1086.) Piperacillin is a broad-spectrum, semisynthetic penicillin for parenteral use. Its spectrum of activity includes various Gram-positive and Gram-negative organisms including Pseudomonas. The indications for piperacillin are similar to those for car-benicillin, ticarcillin, and mezlocillin, with the primary use being sus-... 

As long as there is no positive bacteriological result from the bile (or blood), antibiotics are administered on empirical and plausible principles. In this case, mezlocillin or piperacillin is initially recommended, 3x2 (-4 or -5) g/day, i.v. (55) These antibiotics are effective against virtually all bacteria in acute cholangitis, since they can reach high biliary concentrations. Once the course of disease has entered a more severe stage, an additional dose of tobramycin, for example, is indicated (e.g. 3 x 80 mg/day, i.v.). A septic clinical picture requires a course of triple therapy with ureidopenicillin + aminoglycoside (see above) + metronidazole (3 x 500 mg/ day, i.v.). 

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