Exam questionKROK 2Medicine · 2008
A 56-year-old woman has an acute onset of fever up to 39°C with chills, cough, and pain on respiration in the right side of her chest. On physical examination: HR - 90/min, BP- 95/60 mm Hg, RR-26/min. There is dullness over the right lung on percussion. On X-ray: infiltrate in the right middle lobe of the lung. What is the diagnosis?
Answer options
- Nosocomial lobar pneumonia
- Acute pleuritis
- Community-acquired bronchopneumonia
- Community-acquired lobar pneumonia of moderate severity
- Acute lung abscess
Correct answer
Community-acquired lobar pneumonia of moderate severity
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