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A 58-year-old man with long-standing rheumatoid arthritis on methotrexate and low-dose prednisolone presents with fever, productive cough and shortness of breath. Chest X-ray shows a right lower lobe pneumonia. Which empirical antibiotic regimen is most appropriate given his risk of atypical and resistant organisms?