A 23-year-old returns from a mission trip with fever, night sweats, and a cough productive of blood-streaked sputum for 3 weeks. A chest X-ray shows a...

Question

A 23-year-old returns from a mission trip with fever, night sweats, and a cough productive of blood-streaked sputum for 3 weeks. A chest X-ray shows an upper lobe cavitary lesion. Which is the most likely diagnosis?

Accepted Answer

Pulmonary tuberculosis

Answer

Lobar pneumonia

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Lung abscess

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Sarcoidosis

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Bronchogenic carcinoma

ukmla MCQ (SBA): Infectious Diseases

A 23-year-old returns from a mission trip with fever, night sweats, and a cough productive of blood-streaked sputum for 3 weeks. A chest X-ray shows an upper lobe cavitary lesion. Which is the most likely diagnosis?