@anking-maintainers - card was edited Nov 2023, reasoning not entirely clear to me
Support as long as it’s not UWorld related
#AK_Step1_v12::#UWorld::Step::1393 – 5 week old with bacterial meningitis, placed on Vanc + cefotaxime, CSF cx shows resistance to cefotaxime, question asks what is the likely organism, answer Listeria (intrinsic resistance to 3rd gen cephalosporins)
#AK_Step1_v12::#UWorld::COMLEX::24504
#AK_Step2_v12::#UWorld::18591
#AK_Step3_v12::#UWorld::108157
- COMLEX QID is just partner to 1393
- Step 2 QID 18591 answer is “give vancomycin and ceftriaxone”
- Don’t have access to Step 3 UW right now
step3 uses vanco + 3red gen cephalo (in the table) for anyone older than 1 month
In the explanation, the wrote " Ceftriaxone (in bold) or cefotaxime covers …
Either of these two 3rd gen would be fine, but ceftriaxone is so much more commonly tested that I think this just simplifies it