Review Question - QID 213649

A 41-year-old man presents to the clinic for a persistent cough. The patient states that beginning 4 days ago, he felt “under the weather” and had a mild headache. He felt warm and fatigued and had to take a day off from his job as a butcher at a poultry slaughterhouse. Two days ago, he developed a wet cough but no significant sputum production. He endorses a subjective fever, headache, and chills but denies chest pain, shortness of breath, nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea. He reports a 15 pack-year smoking history and drinks occasionally with friends on the weekends. Physical examination demonstrates mild crackles at the bibasilar lung fields. A chest radiograph is shown in Figure A. What is the most appropriate treatment for this patient at this time?