A 42-year-old otherwise healthy man presents with fever, productive cough, right-sided pleuritic chest pain and focal crackles on examination. He is h...

Question

A 42-year-old otherwise healthy man presents with fever, productive cough, right-sided pleuritic chest pain and focal crackles on examination. He is haemodynamically stable and can take oral medications. According to Canadian CAP recommendations, which empiric outpatient antibiotic is most appropriate?

Accepted Answer

High-dose oral amoxicillin

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Oral ciprofloxacin

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Oral azithromycin alone

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Oral levofloxacin

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Oral cephalexin

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