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ModerateInfectious DiseasesAcute pyelonephritisuk-plab-1

A 35-year-old woman presents with fever, flank pain and rigors. She has costovertebral angle tenderness and is systemically unwell but haemodynamically stable. Urinalysis is positive for nitrites and leukocytes. What is the most appropriate empirical antibiotic strategy?

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