Epiglottitis in a 4 year old unvaccinated child at home. What to be done?: (A) Vaccination, (B) Ampicillin 4 days, (C) Rifampin for 4 days, (D) Doxycycline
Answer is B. (B) Ampicillin for 4 days# AMPICILLIN OR THIRD GENERATION CEPHALOSPORIN are effective against H. influenzae and are given by parental route (i.m. or i.v) without waiting for results of throat swab and blood culture.