A physician inquires about repeated sputum specimens, that a…
A physician inquires about repeated sputum specimens, that are reported to contain only usual oropharyngeal flora on routine bacterial culture. The patient is a 67 year old man who smokes 15-20 cigarettes a day and has persistent cough, malaise and fever 102F. The most recent direct Gram’s stain of sputum shows 3+ WBC, 1+ mixed flora normal oral flora. A likely etiologic agent is
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