AKT-3101

AKT-3101

In an emergency surgery one morning you see a 12-year-old patient with an infective exacerbation of asthma. She is under the respiratory specialist at the local hospital as she has had longstanding problems with poor disease control. Her current medications consist of salbutamol 2 puffs PRN, Symbicort 400/6 2 puffs BD, montelukast 10 mg OD and theophylline 400 mg BD. She is allergic to penicillin.

She reports a one week history of progressive chest tightness and cough productive of green purulent phlegm. Following your assessment you feel she warrants antibiotic treatment.

Which of the following antibiotics is the most appropriate to prescribe?