A 42-year-old previously healthy woman presents with fever, productive cough, pleuritic chest pain and focal crackles in the right lower lung. She is ...

Question

A 42-year-old previously healthy woman presents with fever, productive cough, pleuritic chest pain and focal crackles in the right lower lung. She is stable for outpatient management. Which antibiotic regimen is most appropriate for empiric treatment of community-acquired pneumonia in the community in an otherwise healthy adult?

Accepted Answer

Oral amoxicillin 1 g three times daily

Answer

Oral ciprofloxacin 500 mg twice daily

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Oral azithromycin 500 mg once daily for 3 days

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Oral amoxicillin-clavulanate 875/125 mg twice daily plus doxycycline

Answer

No antibiotic; treat with bronchodilators only

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