A 58-year-old with COPD and type 2 diabetes presents with fever, cough, pleuritic pain, and right lower-lobe infiltrate on CXR. No recent antibiotics....

Question

A 58-year-old with COPD and type 2 diabetes presents with fever, cough, pleuritic pain, and right lower-lobe infiltrate on CXR. No recent antibiotics. Which outpatient regimen is most appropriate?

Accepted Answer

Amoxicillin/clavulanate plus doxycycline.

Answer

Azithromycin monotherapy.

Answer

High-dose amoxicillin monotherapy.

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Levofloxacin plus azithromycin.

Answer

Amoxicillin plus trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole.

us-abfm MCQ (SBA): Community-Acquired Pneumonia

A 58-year-old with COPD and type 2 diabetes presents with fever, cough, pleuritic pain, and right lower-lobe infiltrate on CXR. No recent antibiotics. Which outpatient regimen is most appropriate?