A 45-year-old otherwise healthy man presents with fever, productive cough, and right-sided pleuritic chest pain. Chest radiograph shows right lower lo...

Question

A 45-year-old otherwise healthy man presents with fever, productive cough, and right-sided pleuritic chest pain. Chest radiograph shows right lower lobe consolidation. He is stable with CURB-65 score 0 and can tolerate oral medications. According to Canadian community-acquired pneumonia guidance, what is the most appropriate empiric outpatient antibiotic?

Accepted Answer

High-dose oral amoxicillin

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Azithromycin monotherapy

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Oral fluoroquinolone monotherapy (e.g., levofloxacin)

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Amoxicillin-clavulanate plus macrolide

Answer

No antibiotics; viral infection is most likely

ca-mccqe1 MCQ (SBA): Community-acquired pneumonia