LEK Exam: 2018 sesja wiosenna, subject: Medycyna rodzinna, question nr: 17

Mark the incorrect statement about pertussis:

A. vaccination against pertussis leaves durable immunity

B. early antibiotic therapy alleviates the course of the disease

C. antibiotic therapy included in the coughing phase shortens the period of infectivity of the disease

D. the first-line drugs are macrolides

E. clotrimoxazole is used in people with hypersensitivity to macrolides.

Dział: Medycyna rodzinna