[Expert Solution]: VE is a 44-year-old man who presents to…

VE is a 44-year-old man who presents to the emergency department with a warm, erythematous, and painful right lower extremity. There is no raised border at the edge of the infection. Three days ago, he had scratched his leg on a some metal fencing he was repairing on his chicken coop. He has had a temperature as high as 101.8°F (38°C) with chills. Doppler studies of his lower extremity are negative for presence of a clot. Blood cultures were drawn, and they are negative to date. Which one of the following is the best empiric therapy for VE? Group of answer choices Piperacillin-tazobactam 3.375 g intravenously every 6 hours plus surgical debridement Oxacillin 2000 mg intravenously every 4 hours Enoxaparin 80 mg subcutaneously 2 times/ day and warfarin 5 mg/day orally Penicillin VK 500 mg orally every 4 hours