A 62-year-old with severe CAP and risk factors for Pseudomonas (recent IV antibiotics, structural lung disease) is starting empiric therapy. Which is ...

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A 62-year-old with severe CAP and risk factors for Pseudomonas (recent IV antibiotics, structural lung disease) is starting empiric therapy. Which is appropriate?

Accepted Answer

Piperacillin-tazobactam plus azithromycin

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Ceftriaxone + azithromycin alone

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Levofloxacin monotherapy

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Amoxicillin alone

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Doxycycline alone

us-abim MCQ (SBA): Severe CAP (Pseudomonas risk)

A 62-year-old with severe CAP and risk factors for Pseudomonas (recent IV antibiotics, structural lung disease) is starting empiric therapy. Which is appropriate?