A 32-year-old man sustains a 40% TBSA flame burn with inhalation injury. He is intubated in the ICU. On day 3, he develops fever (38.5°C), purulent sputum, and a new infiltrate on chest X-ray. What is the drug of choice for empiric coverage of inhalation injury-associated pneumonia in burn patients?

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