Which of the following mechanisms is an uncommon route for the spread of pneumonia?
a. Aspiration of infectious particles
b. Inhalation of infectious particles
c. Through the bloodstream
d. Direct contact
ANS: C
The spread of infection through the bloodstream from a remote site is called hematogenous dis-semination. This is an uncommon cause of pneumonia, which may occur in patients with right-sided bacterial endocarditis in whom fragments of an infected heart valve break off, embo-lize through the pulmonary arteries to the lungs, and produce either pneumonia or septic pulmo-nary infarcts.
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