An 82-year-old resident of a local nursing home is brought to your clinic with fever, difficulty breathing, and a cough productive of purulent sputum. The patient is found to have an oxygen saturation of 86% on room air and a chest radiograph shows a new infiltrate. A decision is made to hospitalize the patient. Which one of the following intravenous antibiotic regimens would be most appropriate for this patient? A) Levofloxacin (Levaquin) B) Ceftriaxone (Rocephin) and azithromycin (Zithromax) C) Ceftazidime (Fortaz, Tazicef) and levofloxacin D) Ceftazidime and vancomycin E) Ceftazidime, levofloxacin, and vancomycin medscape.org/viewarticle/558847_2
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