Lung Infections — MCQs

A 55-year-old woman presents with persistent cough, fever, and hemoptysis. Sputum shows branching septate hyphae. What is the likely pathogen?

Which of the following is NOT seen in an HIV patient with a CD4 count less than 100 per microliter, who has a non-productive cough?

MC cause of atypical pneumonia?

NOT a good prognostic factor for TB spine

A 35-year-old woman with a long history of dyspnea, chronic cough, sputum production, and wheezing dies of respiratory failure following a bout of lobar pneumonia. She was not a smoker or an alcoholic. Which of the following underlying conditions is most likely associated with the pathologic changes shown in the lung autopsy?

Which of the following conditions characteristically causes bilateral hypertranslucency of lung fields on chest X-ray?

Which of the following congenital heart defects is least likely to cause recurrent pulmonary infections?

Shoulder pain post laparoscopy is due to:

A patient presents with recurrent lung infections, and the chest X-ray provided shows a characteristic finding. What is the most likely diagnosis?

What is the terminal stage of pneumonia?