Staphylococcus aureus MCQ — NEET PG Practice Question | NEETPGAI
Staphylococcus aureus
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A 28-year-old intravenous drug user from Mumbai presents with a 5-day history of fever and productive cough with hemoptysis. Chest X-ray shows multiple wedge-shaped infiltrates in both lung fields. Blood cultures grow Gram-positive cocci in clusters. The patient is allergic to penicillin (rash only, non-anaphylactic). What is the most appropriate next step in management?
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