Your Patient Has Pneumonia

question 56

Multiple Choice

Your patient has pneumonia.Since there are so many microorganisms causing pneumonia, what might be the best test to do first for identification of the agent?

• A)An antibody test
• B)A culture from a lung aspirate
• C)A skin test
• D)A Gram stain of a saliva specimen

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Definitions:

Self-Serving Bias

The common tendency to attribute one's successes to personal characteristics and failures to external factors.

Very Smart

A term often used to describe individuals with high intellectual capabilities or talented in a particular area.

Fundamental Attribution Error

The tendency to attribute others' behaviors to their character or personality while underestimating the influence of external factors.

Illusory Correlation

The belief in a connection between two factors when in reality, there is no such link.