An 11-year-old presents with a low-grade fever and cough and is diagnosed with atypical pneu-monia. What type of pneumonia does the nurse suspect the patient is experiencing?
a. Pneumococcal pneumonia
b. Viral pneumonia
c. Mycoplasma pneumonia
d. Streptococcal pneumonia
ANS: C
Chlamydophila pneumonia is clinically indistinguishable from and is typically grouped with My-coplasma as "atypical pneumonia." No other option is considered an atypical pneumonia.
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