pneumoniae (common question) - abrahem

[ArchivalUser]

An outbreak of acute pneumonia occurs in military recruits living in one barrack and only in those persons located near the air conditioner. Epidemiologic surveillance results in isolation of the causal organism from the patients and from the drip pans of the air conditioner. The organism is resistant to penicillin, susceptible to erythromycin, and weakly gram-negative. The most likely organism is
A ) Bordetella pertussis
B ) Haemophilus influenzae (nontypeable)
C ) Klebsiella pneumoniae
D ) Legionella pneumophila
E ) Mycobacterium tuberculosis
F ) Mycoplasma pneumoniae
G ) Staphylococcus aureus
H ) Streptococcus agalactiae (group B)
I ) Streptococcus pneumoniae
J ) Streptococcus pyogenes (group A)

[ArchivalUser]

it is d

[ArchivalUser]

the answer is D

[ArchivalUser]

always remember legionella and air conditioner kep concept