Question 27

(Multiple Choice)

A 35-year-old man travels on a multidestination vacation over a 2 month period, including lengthy stops in tropical Africa and Southeast Asia. Six weeks after returning come home to the United States, he develops a productive cough, fatigue, weight loss, low-grade fever, and night sweats. What disease should the physician consider as a result of his travel history?


A) Streptococcal pneumonia
B) Primary atypical pneumonia
C) TB
D) Pneumonia caused by gram-negative rods

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