Which patients should be given antibiotics prophylactically?
A) Children who attend day care with other children who have strep throat
B) Children undergoing chemotherapy who have mild neutropenia
C) Patients with certain congenital heart defects at risk for bacterial endocarditis
D) Patients with compound fractures undergoing surgical repair
E) Postoperative patients who have undergone emergency cesarean sections

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Antimicrobial prophylaxis is recommended for patients with congenital or other heart disease who have an increased risk for bacterial endocarditis and for patients undergoing certain surgeries in which the risk for infection is very high, including those who have compound fractures. Children who are exposed to strep throat will need to have confirmed strep infection prior to receiving antibiotics. Patients with milk neutropenia do not need antimicrobial prophylaxis. Patients undergoing emergency C-sections need antimicrobial prophylaxis prior to surgery, not after.

Which Patients Should Be Given Antibiotics Prophylactically