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Sepsis and antibiotics
A practice question in the style of the MCCQE MCQ exam. Choose your answer to see the explanation.
A 67-year-old is admitted to the ward with community-acquired pneumonia. What is a standard regimen?
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The answer is A: Ceftriaxone plus azithromycin.
Inpatient community pneumonia is commonly treated with a beta-lactam plus a macrolide, or a respiratory fluoroquinolone.
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