A healthy 35-year-old outpatient with fever, cough, lobar infiltrate on CXR, and no comorbidities or MRSA/Pseudomonas risks lives where macrolide resi...

Question

A healthy 35-year-old outpatient with fever, cough, lobar infiltrate on CXR, and no comorbidities or MRSA/Pseudomonas risks lives where macrolide resistance to pneumococcus is 35%. Which empiric regimen is most appropriate?

Accepted Answer

Amoxicillin 1 g orally three times daily

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Azithromycin monotherapy

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Levofloxacin monotherapy

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Amoxicillin-clavulanate plus macrolide

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Ceftriaxone IV

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A healthy 35-year-old outpatient with fever, cough, lobar infiltrate on CXR, and no comorbidities or MRSA/Pseudomonas risks lives where macrolide resistance to pneumococcus is 35%. Which empiric regimen is most appropriate?