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 percussio...

Question

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?

Accepted Answer

Amoxicillin alone

Answer

Azithromycin monotherapy in an area with 40 percent pneumococcal macrolide resistance

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Levofloxacin for 3 days

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Ceftriaxone plus azithromycin

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Doxycycline

us-abfm MCQ (SBA): Community-Acquired Pneumonia