Question

A 58-year-old man with type 2 diabetes, COPD, and hypertension presents with fever, productive cough, pleuritic chest pain, and a new lobar infiltrate on CXR. He is hemodynamically stable and treated as an outpatient. Which empiric regimen is recommended?

Accepted Answer

Amoxicillin-clavulanate plus doxycycline

Answer

Azithromycin monotherapy

Answer

High-dose amoxicillin monotherapy

Answer

Cefdinir monotherapy

Answer

Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole plus azithromycin

Practice question

A 58-year-old man with type 2 diabetes, COPD, and hypertension presents with fever, productive cough, pleuritic chest pain, and a new lobar infiltrate on CXR. He is hemodynamically stable and treated as an outpatient. Which empiric regimen is recommended?