[Verified Answer]: A patient presents to the ED and is…

A patient presents to the ED and is admitted for sepsis from a complicated skin/skin structure infection on his left lower leg. He receives broad-spectrum antibiotic therapy, including piperacillin/tazobactam and vancomycin. He is now hemodynamically stable and clinically improving. His wound and blood cultures are growing methicillin-susceptible S. aureus. He has no known drug allergies. Which one of the following, in addition to discontinuing piperacillin/tazobactam, is best to recommend for this patient? Group of answer choices Continue vancomycin therapy and initiate cefepime Maintain vancomycin monotherapy Discontinue vancomycin and initiate cefazolin monotherapy Continue vancomycin therapy and initiate cefazolin