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A 5-year-old previously healthy girl presents with fever, tachypnoea, and focal crackles over the right lower lobe. Chest radiograph confirms right lower lobe consolidation. According to CPS guidance on community-acquired pneumonia in children, what is the most appropriate first-line outpatient antibiotic?

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