A 68-year-old smoker with fever, productive cough, pleuritic pain, and consolidation on CXR is admitted to ICU with hypotension. What empiric coverage...

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A 68-year-old smoker with fever, productive cough, pleuritic pain, and consolidation on CXR is admitted to ICU with hypotension. What empiric coverage is appropriate?

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Piperacillin-tazobactam plus azithromycin plus vancomycin if MRSA risk factors

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Ceftriaxone plus azithromycin

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Levofloxacin alone

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Amoxicillin alone

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Doxycycline alone

us-abem MCQ (SBA): Severe CAP-Empiric Therapy

A 68-year-old smoker with fever, productive cough, pleuritic pain, and consolidation on CXR is admitted to ICU with hypotension. What empiric coverage is appropriate?