A 35-year-old man with community-acquired pneumonia due to E. coli (isolated from blood culture) presents with fever, cough, and hypoxia. Sputum culture and blood culture both grow E. coli susceptible to all beta-lactams, fluoroquinolones, and aminoglycosides. What is the drug of choice for E. coli bacteremia with pneumonia?

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