Outpatient Treatment of with Community-Acquired Pneumonia (CAP)

No comorbidities or risk factors for MRSA or Pseudomonas aeruginosa:

 • Amoxicillin or 

 • doxycycline or 

 • macrolide (if local pneumococcal resistance is < 25%)

With comorbidities:

 • Combination therapy with amoxicillin/clavulanate or cephalosporin AND macrolide or doxycyclinex

     OR

 • monotherapy with respiratory fluoroquinolone



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