When an 86-year-old patient complains of inability to concentrate, uneasiness, lightheadedness, weakness, muscle and joint discomfort, and demonstrates normal temperature, the clinic nurse recalls that
A) Without an elevated temperature, infection is not present
B) The patient's symptoms are typical of an elderly patient
C) The elderly can have an infection without a fever
D) An infection was present and has dissipated
Ans: C
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