A 68 year old patient w/ Alzheimer disease was broughtto the emergency room by the staff of a local nursing home. He presented as lethargic w/ a sallow complexion. He had an admission temperture of 102.4F and a respiratory rate of 33/ minute. During respiration, the right side of his chest moved better than the left. He showed dense consolidation of the lower lobe of the left lung on the physical exam. A sputum sample revealed blood and a greenish color. A chest x-ray showed tight consolidation of the left lung with evidence of formation of cavities in the lung tissue from cytotoxic damage. The patient complained of chills in the exam room, combined with his fever. A smear of his sputum demonstrated no acid-fast bacteria.
What is the diagnosis?
What is the etiologic agent?
How was this disease probably acquired?
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