Mr. Klaja is an 81-year-old gentleman who presented with abdominal pain and diarrhea, and an abdominal CT revealed an infectious inflammatory bowel process. Stool samples were sent for C. diff toxin and assay, all were negative, while stool cultures did not grow anything out. Empiric treatment with p.o. vancomycin was started, and the patient's abdominal pain resolved and he was afebrile by discharge. A flexible sigmoidoscopy showed colitis consistent with inflammatory etiology, and the patient was discharged with a presumed C. diff colitis diagnosis on a 2-week course of vancomycin. The patient had a DVT followed by bacteremia with multi-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae, treated with meropenem for 14 days with the course. The patient had no evidence of acute coronary syndrome on admission, and his coronary artery disease, CHF, and chronic kidney disease were managed with MEDICATIONS: aspirin 81 mg, Plavix 75 mg, Coumadin 5 mg, digoxin 0.125 mg, Lasix 49 mg daily, lisinopril 10 mg daily, Lopressor 25 mg b.i.d., Zocor 80 mg daily, Flomax 0.4 mg daily and Flovent 110 mcg b.i.d., lactobacillus p.o. for probiotics and patient also had flex sig 2-week course p.o. vancomycin alone. He was given gentle hydration therapy with 2 liters of IV fluids, and restarted on Lasix 40 mg p.o. daily for diuresis. He was also discharged on a course of lactobacillus p.o. for probiotics, with DISCHARGE MEDICATIONS: Included aspirin 81 mg p.o. daily, Plavix 75 mg p.o. daily, digoxin 0.125 mg p.o. daily, Nexium 20 mg p.o. daily, lactobacillus 2 tabs p.o. t.i.d., metoprolol 25 mg p.o. b.i.d., simvastatin 80 mg p.o. at bed time, Flomax 0.4 mg p.o. every evening, vancomycin 250 mg p.o. every 6 hours x8 days at supertherapeutic, Coumadin 6 mg p.o. daily, Flovent 110 mcg inhale b.i.d., Lasix 40 mg p.o. daily, his daily dose at home.
What medication has the patient take for bacteremia with multi-resistant klebsiella pneumoniae
treated with meropenem for 14 days with the course.