5th March 2024

A 4-year-old girl presents to the emergency department with a productive cough and fever of 38.9 degrees.

A 4-year-old girl presents to the emergency department with a productive cough and fever of 38.9 degrees. A Chest x-ray is ordered and reveals a left lower lobe pneumonia and following a sputum sample it reveals S. Pneumoniae as the causative agent. She has no allergies and is currently stable.

Please prescribe one medication to treat this child’s pneumonia.