Which type of pneumonia occurs most often as a nosocomial infection in hospitalized patients, very young patients, and elderly patients?
a. Lobar pneumonia
b. Fungal pneumonia
c. Viral pneumonia
d. Bronchopneumonia
ANS: D
Generalized pneumonia is very serious and is called bronchopneumonia. Bronchopneumonia occurs more often as a nosocomial (hospital-acquired) infection in hospitalized patients, the very young, and the very old. Lobar pneumonia is localized, and fungal and viral pneumonias refer to specific causes but are not necessarily more frequent in the populations listed.
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