Pneumonia Quiz: Ace Your Exams

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A 20-year-old man presents to the emergency department due to fever, dyspnea, productive cough and headache for the past four days. Today the patient also developed abdominal pain and diarrhea. The patient returned from a tournament in Indiana with his college wrestling team one week ago. During this trip, the team used an indoor hot tub. Three other team members have developed a flu-like illness. Temperature is 40 ºC (104 ºF), pulse is 120/min, respirations 22/min, and blood pressure is 100/50 mmHg. The chest radiograph shows a dense left lower lobe consolidation. Initial laboratory workup is shown below. Sputum testing shows abundant neutrophils but no organisms are visualized. Which of the following is the most likely cause of this patient’s underlying lung condition?  

 Laboratory value  Result 
 Serum chemistries 
 Hemoglobin  12.6 g/dL 
 Hematocrit  39 % 
 Leukocyte count  19,000/mm3 
 Platelet count  50,000/mm3 
 Sodium   130 mEq/L 
 Potassium   4.2 mEq/L 
 Chloride  97 mEq/L 


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