Card 15 / 38: What is your interpretation of the following laboratory results in a patient with fever, cough, dyspnea, crackles at the lung bases. Lab result: spt gram (+), spt culture (+), blood culture (-)
A)
confirmed diagnosis of invasive pneumococcal pneumonia
B)
confirmed diagnosis of non-bacteremic pneumococcal pneumonia
C)
presumptive diagnosis of non-bacteremic pneumococcal pneumonia
D)
suggestive of invasive pneumococcal pneumonia
Answer:
C) presumptive diagnosis of non-bacteremic pneumococcal pneumonia
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