A 39-year-old otherwise healthy outpatient with fever, cough, pleuritic chest pain, and a new left-lower lobe infiltrate on CXR is diagnosed with comm...

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A 39-year-old otherwise healthy outpatient with fever, cough, pleuritic chest pain, and a new left-lower lobe infiltrate on CXR is diagnosed with community-acquired pneumonia. No comorbidities or risk factors for MRSA/Pseudomonas. Which empiric outpatient regimen is recommended?

Accepted Answer

High-dose amoxicillin 1,000 mg orally three times daily

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Azithromycin monotherapy regardless of local resistance

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Levofloxacin 750 mg orally daily for 10 days

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Amoxicillin-clavulanate plus linezolid

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Cefdinir plus clindamycin

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

A 39-year-old otherwise healthy outpatient with fever, cough, pleuritic chest pain, and a new left-lower lobe infiltrate on CXR is diagnosed with community-acquired pneumonia. No comorbidities or risk factors for MRSA/Pseudomonas. Which empiric outpatient regimen is recommended?