A 52-year-old man with a history of IV drug use presents with fever, dyspnea, and hemoptysis. Chest CT shows multiple peripheral nodular infiltrates w...

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A 52-year-old man with a history of IV drug use presents with fever, dyspnea, and hemoptysis. Chest CT shows multiple peripheral nodular infiltrates with cavitation. Blood cultures grow Staphylococcus aureus. What is the most likely diagnosis?

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Septic pulmonary emboli

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Community-acquired pneumonia

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Pulmonary tuberculosis

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Sarcoidosis

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Pulmonary embolism without infarction

us-abem MCQ (SBA): Septic pulmonary emboli

A 52-year-old man with a history of IV drug use presents with fever, dyspnea, and hemoptysis. Chest CT shows multiple peripheral nodular infiltrates with cavitation. Blood cultures grow Staphylococcus aureus. What is the most likely diagnosis?