Empirical Oral Antimicrobial Therapy for Outpatient Management of Community-Acquired Pneumonia

Pathogen Penicillin G Amoxicillin Cefuroxime Doxycycline Erythromycin

Streptococcus + + + + +

pneumoniae

Haemophilus - + + + +

influenzae -

Moraxella - + + + +

catarrhalis

Anaerobes + + + - -

- -

Mycoplasma

pneumoniae - - - + +

Chlamydia

pneumonia - - - + +

Legionella - - - + +

pneumophilia -

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