Case 1 Your 48-year-old male patient presents with a 6-day history of worsening productive cough with green sputum. He is febrile and experiencing chills. He complains of pain in the right midback with deep breathing or coughing. He is a 1 ppd smoker for 30 years. Temp: 100.5 F RR: 24 HR: 98 BP: 120/75 O2 sat: 96% Lung assessment: rales in right lower-posterior lung field. Chest X-ray shows right lower-lobe infiltrate. A sputum gram stain reveals gram-positive cocci and subsequent sputum and blood culture results confirm diagnosis of pneumonia caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae. What would be a recommended outpatient treatment to prescribe for this patient? What is the mechanism of action of your recommended treatment?
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