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A 35-year-old man presents with productive cough, fever to 101.8 F, and pleuritic chest pain. He has bronchial breath sounds and dullness to percussion over the right lower lobe. He is otherwise healthy and stable with oxygen saturation 95 percent on room air. What is the most appropriate empiric outpatient antibiotic therapy?

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