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A 74-year-old man presents with fever, productive cough with purulent sputum, pleuritic chest pain and right lower-lobe consolidation on chest X-ray. He has no significant comorbidities and is haemodynamically stable with CURB-65 score 1. Which empiric antibiotic regimen is most appropriate for outpatient management of community-acquired pneumonia in this patient in Canada?

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