A 67-year-old male who smokes three packs of cigarettes per day complains of a productive cough, chills, and generalized weakness. He is in mild respiratory distress; auscultation of his lungs reveals rhonchi to the lower left lobe. This patient's clinical presentation is MOST consistent with:
A. pneumonia.
B. bronchitis.
C. heart failure.
Answer: A. pneumonia.
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