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A 19-Year-Old Man Is Brought to the Emergency Department by His

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A 19-year-old man is brought to the emergency department by his college roommate due to a day of confusion, severe dyspnea, and cough productive of yellowish sputum streaked with blood. According to his roommate, the patient visited an urgent care clinic last week for fever, rhinorrhea, and malaise. He was diagnosed with a "viral infection" and given a prescription medication that seemed to improve his illness. He has no other medical issues, takes no other medications, and does not smoke cigarettes or drink alcohol. Temperature is 40 C (104 F) , blood pressure is 124/75 mm Hg, pulse is 125/min, and respirations are 32/min. Lung auscultation shows bilateral crackles in the lung midfields. A 2/6 ejection systolic murmur is heard at the left upper sternal border. Extremities are warm with bounding peripheral pulses. Chest x-ray reveals alveolar infiltrates in the midlung fields bilaterally as well as several thin-walled cavities. Which of the following is the most likely cause of this patient's condition?

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