A 48-year-old otherwise healthy non-pregnant woman presents with fever, productive cough with rusty sputum and pleuritic chest pain. Chest radiograph ...

Question

A 48-year-old otherwise healthy non-pregnant woman presents with fever, productive cough with rusty sputum and pleuritic chest pain. Chest radiograph shows right lower lobe consolidation. She has CURB-65 score 0 and can take oral medications. According to Canadian CAP guidance, which empiric outpatient antibiotic regimen is most appropriate?

Accepted Answer

Oral amoxicillin plus doxycycline

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Oral levofloxacin monotherapy for all cases

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Oral azithromycin monotherapy

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Oral co-trimoxazole

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No antibiotics; viral infection is most likely

ca-mccqe1 MCQ (SBA): Community-acquired pneumonia