PANCE Exam Practice Questions: Quiz 363 April 1, 2016 By Aamir Khan Leave a Comment A 22-year-old male complains of fever and shortness of breath. There is no pleuritic chest pain or rigors and no sputum production. A chest x-ray shows diffuse perihilar infiltrates. The patient worsens while on erythromycin. A methenamine silver stain shows cystlike structures. Which of the following is correct? a. Definitive diagnosis can be made by serology. b. The organism will grow after 48 h. c. History will likely provide important clues to the diagnosis. d. Cavitary disease is likely to develop. Δ
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