A community volunteer and previously healthy man present with a 2-month history of flu-like illness, night sweats, intermittent fever, weight loss, and chest pain which has worsened over the past 24 hours making him feel very weak. The clinical finding shows his temperature is 39.5 °C with a heart rate of 100 and increased respiratory rate. His chest X-ray results show consolidation in both lung fields, and traces of blood in his sputum. After 24 hours his condition has not improved, a repeat chest X-ray reveals the presence of fluid in his lungs. What diseases do you suspect? (3 possibilities) Explain each. What are pathogens that would likely cause the above-mentioned diseases? Provide its morphology.

A community volunteer and previously healthy man present with a 2-month history of flu-like illness, night sweats, intermittent fever, weight loss, and chest pain which has worsened over the past 24 hours making him feel very weak. The clinical finding shows his temperature is 39.5 °C with a heart rate of 100 and increased respiratory rate. His chest X-ray results show consolidation in both lung fields, and traces of blood in his sputum. After 24 hours his condition has not improved, a repeat chest X-ray reveals the presence of fluid in his lungs. What diseases do you suspect? (3 possibilities) Explain each. What are pathogens that would likely cause the above-mentioned diseases? Provide its morphology.

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Chapter22: Emerging, Recurring, And Reappearing Diseases

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