4. A lab report on a patient with a staphylococcus infection

Last updated: 7/23/2022

4. A lab report on a patient with a staphylococcus infection has come back showing that staph has a Kirby-Bauer result of 31 mm for ampicillin. Why must the physician take each of the following items into consideration when deciding whether or not to prescribe ampicillin? a. Kirby-Bauer results b. Patient history c. Staph resistance data (use the Antibiotic Zone of Inhibition Table) d. MIC