A 67-year-old with radiographic CAP has low procalcitonin. He is febrile with productive cough and focal crackles. What is the correct approach?...

Question

A 67-year-old with radiographic CAP has low procalcitonin. He is febrile with productive cough and focal crackles. What is the correct approach?

Accepted Answer

Start appropriate empiric antibiotics

Answer

Withhold antibiotics because procalcitonin is low

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Order bronchoscopy before antibiotics

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Start corticosteroids routinely

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Send home without treatment and recheck in 72 hours

us-abem MCQ (SBA): Community-acquired pneumonia