A 19-year-old university student presents with 2 weeks of cough, fever and right-sided pleuritic chest pain. Chest X-ray shows a segmental infiltrate....

Question

A 19-year-old university student presents with 2 weeks of cough, fever and right-sided pleuritic chest pain. Chest X-ray shows a segmental infiltrate. He is otherwise healthy and stable. According to Canadian CAP guidance, what is an appropriate first-line outpatient antibiotic?

Accepted Answer

Oral amoxicillin alone or doxycycline

Answer

IV ceftriaxone

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Oral ciprofloxacin

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Oral vancomycin

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No antibiotics needed

ca-mccqe1 MCQ (SBA): Mild community-acquired pneumonia

A 19-year-old university student presents with 2 weeks of cough, fever and right-sided pleuritic chest pain. Chest X-ray shows a segmental infiltrate. He is otherwise healthy and stable. According to Canadian CAP guidance, what is an appropriate first-line outpatient antibiotic?