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United States Medical Licensing Exam® (USMLE) STEP3

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A 58-year-old man with hypertension and type 2 diabetes presents with a 4-day history of fever, productive cough with rust-colored sputum, and right-sided pleuritic chest pain. Examination shows temperature 39.0??C, HR 110, RR 24, BP 128/78, and crackles in the right lower lobe. Chest X-ray confirms a lobar consolidation in the right lower lobe. He has no drug allergies and is otherwise healthy. Which of the following is the most appropriate initial outpatient antibiotic regimen?

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