A 32-year-old man presents with pleuritic chest pain, fever, and productive cough with rust-coloured sputum. He is otherwise healthy. Vital signs: tem...

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A 32-year-old man presents with pleuritic chest pain, fever, and productive cough with rust-coloured sputum. He is otherwise healthy. Vital signs: temperature 38.5°C, respiratory rate 22, blood pressure 120/75 mm Hg, oxygen saturation 95% on room air. CURB-65 score is 0. What is the most appropriate empirical outpatient antibiotic regimen for community-acquired pneumonia in this patient in Canada?

Accepted Answer

High-dose amoxicillin or doxycycline

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Amoxicillin alone

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Ciprofloxacin monotherapy

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Vancomycin and piperacillin-tazobactam

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No antibiotics; viral infection is most likely

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