Your Patient Has Just Returned from a 6-Month Missionary Trip

question 16

Multiple Choice

Your patient has just returned from a 6-month missionary trip to Southeast Asia.He reports unremitting cough,hemoptysis,and an unintentional weight loss of 10 pounds over the last month.These symptoms should prompt the clinician to suspect:

• A) Legionaire's disease
• B) Malaria
• C) Tuberculosis
• D) Pneumonia

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