Your patient with community-acquired pneumonia shows a pleural effusion on chest x-ray, indicating the need for:
A) Immediate endotracheal intubation
B) Broad spectrum IV antibiotics
C) Thoracentesis to rule out empyema
D) Gram stain and culture of sputum
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