Test Yourself on Medicine

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Question 1.

1. A 40-year-old man attends his GP with a two-day history of cough, sharp chest pain and rust coloured sputum. He has become breathless and has had a temperature. He has never smoked. Which of the following statements is true?

A. Pulmonary TB is the likely explanation.
B. Pneumococcal infection is a common cause of this presentation.
C. Viral infection is the likely cause.
D. Antibiotics should be withheld until the results of sputum culture are available.
E. An underlying lung cancer is usually present in these patients.
 
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