Multiple choice

Which of the following is the most recently marketed antibiotic and what is its spectrum of activity?

  1. Telavancin/Resistant to Gram-negative organisms and Pseudomonas

  2. Ceftolozane and tazobactam combination/MRSA (methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus) and VRE (vancomycin resistant enterococci)

  3. Ceftolozane and tazobactam combination/Resistant to Gram-negative organisms and Pseudomonas

  4. Telavancin/MRSA (methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus) and Gram-positive organisms
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Explanation

Ceftolozane/tazobactam combination was marketed in 2015. The combination has activity against many Gram-positive and is resistant to Gram-negative pathogens and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Thus, ceftolozane and tazobactam combination antibiotic is the latest antibiotic in the market.

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