<prompt> Epiglottitis in a 4 year old unvaccinated child at home. What to be done?VaccinationAmpicillin 4 daysRifampin for 4 daysDoxycycline  <response>: B Ampicillin for 4 days AMPICILLIN OR THIRD GENERATION CEPHALOSPORIN are effective against H. influenzae and are given by parental route i.m. or i.v without waiting for results of throat swab and blood culture. 