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MediumInfectious DiseasesAcute pyelonephritisau-amcau-acem

A 45-year-old woman presents with fever, flank pain and nausea. She is tachycardic, has right costovertebral angle tenderness and no features of sepsis-induced organ dysfunction. She can tolerate oral intake. What is the most appropriate empirical antibiotic strategy for presumed acute pyelonephritis managed as an inpatient?

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