A 78-Year-Old Male Presents to the Emergency Department Reporting a 2-Day

question 9

Multiple Choice

A 78-year-old male presents to the emergency department reporting a 2-day history of difficulty breathing, cough, and chest pain. Upon triage assessment, the patient is found to have a fever, rapid rate of breathing, low oxygen saturation, and crackles upon auscultation of the lungs. A chest X-ray reveals consolidation in the right upper lung field. The patient is diagnosed with pneumonia, initiated on oxygen therapy, and admitted for observation and treatment.
-The patient's sputum culture returns a positive result for Streptococcus pneumoniae.As the RN,you are aware this capsule-forming bacterium possesses virulence factors to make it difficult to treat.In providing education to the patient regarding the disease process,which of the following statements is most appropriate?  

• A)"Fluid is building up in your lungs because of the body's persistent inflammatory response to the microbe."
• B)"This bacterium secretes toxins that directly damage your lungs."
• C)"Fragments of this bacterium's cell wall directly harm your lungs."
• D)"Fluid is building up in your lungs because white blood cells are effectively lysing the encapsulated bacteria."

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