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ModerateInfectious DiseasesAcute pyelonephritisuk-plab-1

A 46-year-old man presents with flank pain, fever and rigors. He has dysuria and costovertebral angle tenderness on the right. He is tachycardic and febrile at 38.7°C but blood pressure is stable. What is the most appropriate empirical management?

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