Toxic shock syndrome Quiz: Ace Your Exams

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A 28-year-old previously healthy woman presents to the emergency department with fever, hypotension, diffuse macular erythema with scaling, and desquamation of her palms and soles. Prior to her symptoms, she was undergoing treatment for a wound infection after elective cholecystectomy. She is admitted to the ICU and receives IV fluids, norepinephrine, and broad spectrum antibiotic therapy with vancomycin, cefepime, and clindamycin. On hospital day three, she shows clinical improvement, though she still requires a small amount of norepinephrine to maintain her blood pressure. Blood cultures now demonstrate methicillin-susceptible S. aureus. Antibiotics are changed to cefazolin and clindamycin. Given the clinical presentation, what is the primary reason to continue clindamycin?  

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