A 39-year-old outpatient with fever, cough, pleuritic chest pain, no comorbidities, and no risk factors for MRSA/Pseudomonas is diagnosed with CAP. Wh...

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A 39-year-old outpatient with fever, cough, pleuritic chest pain, no comorbidities, and no risk factors for MRSA/Pseudomonas is diagnosed with CAP. Which empiric regimen is recommended?

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Amoxicillin 1,000 mg orally three times daily

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Levofloxacin 750 mg daily

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Azithromycin monotherapy regardless of resistance

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Ceftriaxone plus doxycycline

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Amoxicillin-clavulanate plus azithromycin routinely

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A 39-year-old outpatient with fever, cough, pleuritic chest pain, no comorbidities, and no risk factors for MRSA/Pseudomonas is diagnosed with CAP. Which empiric regimen is recommended?