A patient undergoes a colon resection. Because of the amount of bacteria present in the colon, the physician put the patient on broad-spectrum antibiotics after surgery. The patient develops a fever 2 days after surgery. He developed an infection with vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) . What antibiotics can be used to treat this organism?
A) Synercid
B) Quinolones
C) Aminoglycosides
D) Erythromycin
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