A 48-year-old smoker with chronic cough has acute febrile illness; CAP suspected. He has a nonsevere penicillin allergy (rash). Appropriate empiric ou...

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A 48-year-old smoker with chronic cough has acute febrile illness; CAP suspected. He has a nonsevere penicillin allergy (rash). Appropriate empiric outpatient regimen?

Accepted Answer

Doxycycline 100 mg twice daily

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Levofloxacin 750 mg daily routinely

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Azithromycin monotherapy regardless of resistance

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Clindamycin monotherapy

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Amoxicillin 1 g TID despite allergy

cap – outpatient therapy with allergy MCQ (SBA): Infectious Diseases

A 48-year-old smoker with chronic cough has acute febrile illness; CAP suspected. He has a nonsevere penicillin allergy (rash). Appropriate empiric outpatient regimen?