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A 65-year-old woman living in a remote community presents with fever, productive cough and pleuritic chest pain. Chest X-ray shows consolidation in the right lower lobe. She has no major comorbidities. According to Therapeutic Guidelines, what is the most appropriate empiric oral antibiotic regimen for community-acquired pneumonia of moderate severity managed in a rural hospital?

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