This one is confusing, so pay attention: A patient in the hospital develops pleuritic chest pain, shortness of breath, fever, chills, productive cough, and colored sputum after 3 days of being in the hospital for major surgery. Physical examination shows tenderness to palpation without any areas of increased tactile fremitus. Blood and sputum cultures confirm gramnegative rods that ferment lactose, have a large mucoid capsule, and form viscous colonies. The patient subsequently dies from her infection. Which of the following is most likely to be found at autopsy? (A) Acute inflammatory infiltrates from bronchioles into adjacent alveoli (B) Congestion, red hepatization, gray hepatization, and resolution (C) Diffuse, patchy inflammation localized to the alveolar wall interstitium (D) Intraalveolar hyaline membranes without alveolar space exudates (E) Predominantly intraalveolar exudate resulting in consolidation
Posted on: Wed, 09 Apr 2014 07:32:51 +0000
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