PREP Audio - Antimicrobial Strategies
April 2010, Volume 5, No. 4

Antimicrobial Strategies

Antimicrobial Strategies

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Learning Objectives

  • List the common clinical manifestations of pharyngitis.
  • Identify the pathogens of otitis media.
  • Outline the treatments of choice for group A streptococcus, bulging otitis, and community-acquired pneumonia.
  • Recognize the place of reculturing and/or antistreptolysin O (ASO) titers.
  • Review the management of pneumonia in the pediatric patient.
  • Describe the approach to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus skin and soft tissue infections.
Antimicrobial Strategies

George McCracken. MD, FAAP

Dr. McCracken disclosed no financial relationship relevant to this issue. This issue does not contain a discussion of unapproved/investigative use of a commercial product/device.

Antimicrobial Strategies

Christopher J. Harrison, MD, FAAP

Current Source of Funding From Research Grants: GlaxoSmithKline, Merck, Johnson & Johnson, Sanofi Pasteur, Astellas Current Source of Funding From Consulting: Johnson & Johnson This issue does not contain a discussion of unapproved/investigative use of a commercial product/device.

Antimicrobial Strategies

Mary Anne Jackson, MD, FAAP

Current Source of Funding From Research Grants: GlaxoSmithKline, Merck, Johnson & Johnson, Sanofi Pasteur, Astellas Current Source of Funding From Consulting: Johnson & Johnson This issue does not contain a discussion of unapproved/investigative use of a commercial product/device.