Question

A 60-year-old man presents with fever, productive cough with purulent sputum, and left-sided pleuritic chest pain. Chest X-ray shows consolidation in the left lower lobe. Which organism is the most common cause of community-acquired pneumonia in adults according to NICE guidelines?

Accepted Answer

Streptococcus pneumoniae

Answer

Haemophilus influenzae

Answer

Mycoplasma pneumoniae

Answer

Legionella pneumophila

Answer

Staphylococcus aureus

Practice question

A 60-year-old man presents with fever, productive cough with purulent sputum, and left-sided pleuritic chest pain. Chest X-ray shows consolidation in the left lower lobe. Which organism is the most common cause of community-acquired pneumonia in adults according to NICE guidelines?