Question 9

(Multiple Choice)

An 18-month-old female infant is brought to the emergency department by her mother. The mother reports an abrupt onset of symptoms consisting of continual crying, high fever (40°C/104°F), and a cough
Producing rusty colored sputum. What would you expect a chest x-ray and lab findings to show?


A) Lobar pattern and Gram-positive cocci
B) Lobar pattern and Gram-negative cocci
C) Bronchopneumonia pattern and Gram-positive cocci
D) Bronchopneumonia pattern and Gram-negative rods

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