A 72-year-old man in a long-term care facility develops sudden onset cough, fever, and dyspnoea. He has dysphagia from prior stroke. Chest radiograph ...

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A 72-year-old man in a long-term care facility develops sudden onset cough, fever, and dyspnoea. He has dysphagia from prior stroke. Chest radiograph shows right lower lobe infiltrate. What is the most likely aetiology?

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Aspiration pneumonia

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Viral pneumonia

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Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia

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Pulmonary embolism

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Tuberculosis

ca-mccqe1 MCQ (SBA): Aspiration pneumonia

A 72-year-old man in a long-term care facility develops sudden onset cough, fever, and dyspnoea. He has dysphagia from prior stroke. Chest radiograph shows right lower lobe infiltrate. What is the most likely aetiology?