A 64-year-old man with diabetes and COPD presents with cough and right lower lobe infiltrate on CXR. He is stable for outpatient therapy. Which empiri...

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A 64-year-old man with diabetes and COPD presents with cough and right lower lobe infiltrate on CXR. He is stable for outpatient therapy. Which empiric regimen is recommended by ATS/IDSA 2019 for outpatients with comorbidities?

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Amoxicillin/clavulanate plus doxycycline

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fever

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and right lower lobe infiltrate on CXR. He is stable for outpatient therapy. Which empiric regimen is recommended by ATS/IDSA 2019 for outpatients with comorbidities?

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Azithromycin monotherapy

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High-dose amoxicillin monotherapy (1 g TID)

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A 64-year-old man with diabetes and COPD presents with cough and right lower lobe infiltrate on CXR. He is stable for outpatient therapy. Which empiric regimen is recommended by ATS/IDSA 2019 for outpatients with comorbidities?