A 62-Year-Old Man Comes to the Emergency Department Due to 3

A 62-year-old man comes to the emergency department due to 3 days of severe sore throat, difficulty swallowing, and hoarseness.  He has no chronic medical conditions but has not seen a physician for many years.  The patient received recommended childhood vaccinations but has had none since then.  He is a farmer and has not traveled recently but has been in contact with migrant farmworkers.  Temperature is 38.3 C (101 F) , blood pressure is 110/60 mm Hg, and pulse is 116/min.  Physical examination reveals pharyngeal erythema and edema with coalescing, gray exudate.  Bilateral cervical lymph nodes are enlarged and tender.  A rapid streptococcal test result is negative.  Throat swab culture grows non-spore-forming, gram-positive rods.  Which of the following is most helpful in preventing the systemic complications of this infection in this patient?

A) Airway edema reduction with inhaled epinephrine
B) Antibiotics administration to kill bacteria within the bloodstream
C) Blunting the immune response with glucocorticoids
D) Preformed antibody administration to bind bacterial product
E) Vaccination with inactivated bacterial toxin

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