1. A previously healthy 3-year-old child was adm itted to the hospital w ith sore throat, fever, chills, painful swallow ing, and dyspnea for the past 10 hours. Physical exam ination revealed a...

1. A previously healthy 3-year-old child was adm itted to the hospital w ith sore throat, fever, chills, painful swallow ing, and dyspnea for the past 10 hours. Physical exam ination revealed a seriously ill patient w ith edem atous erythem a over the anterior neck, cervical lym ph node enlargem ent, crackles in the left lung base, and di use w heezing best heard as stridor over the neck. Sputum Gram stain showed num erous gram -negative coccobacilli. A diagnosis of acute supraglottitis was m ade, and an em ergency therapy was started. Which of the follow ing drugs would be m ost appropriate for the patient’s disease? A. Dicloxacillin B. Penicillin G C. Ceftriaxone D. Vancomycin E. Cefazolin