Your patient has community-acquired bacterial pneumonia. Which of the following symptoms are common with this type of pneumonia? 1. Cough with purulent sputum 2. Diarrhea 3. Low fever 4. Shaking chills

a. 1 and 3 only
b. 2 and 4 only
c. 3 only
d. 1, 2, and 4 only


ANS: D
In patients presenting with high fever, teeth-chattering chills, pleuritic pain, and a cough-producing rust-colored sputum, pneumococcal pneumonia is the most likely diagnosis. Di-arrhea is also a common finding.

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