A 16 year old girl has been unwell for 5days with malaise, headache and dry cough. She has a few crackles in her chest. Her CXR shows patchy consolidation in the lower lobes. What is the single most likely causative organism?

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A 16 year old girl has been unwell for 5days with malaise, headache and dry cough. She has a few crackles in her chest. Her CXR shows patchy consolidation in the lower lobes. What is the single most likely causative organism?

Cold agglutinins
Gram –ve diplococci in sputum
Gram +ve diplococcic in sputum
Serology for legionella
Sputum staining for mycobacterium TB

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The key is A. Cold agglutinins. [Mycoplasma pneumonia, a form of atypical bacterial pneumonia related to cold agglutinin disease].

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A 16 year old girl has been unwell for 5days with malaise, headache and dry cough. She has a few crackles in her chest. Her CXR shows patchy consolidation in the lower lobes. What is the single most likely causative organism?

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