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Question #: 143
Topic #: 4
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The nurse caring for a client who has pneumonia, which is caused by a gram-positive bacteria, inspects her sputum. Because the clients pneumonia is caused by a gram-positive bacteria, the nurse experts to find the sputum to be:

  • A. Bright red with streaks
  • B. Rust colored
  • C. Green colored
  • D. Pink-tinged and frothy
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(A) Bright red sputum with streaks is associated with pneumonia caused by gram-negative bacteria, such asKlebsiellapneumonia. (B) Pneumococcal pneumonia, caused by gram-positive bacteria, has a characteristic productive cough with green or rust-colored sputum. (C) Green-colored sputum is more characteristic ofPseudomonasthan of gram-positive bacterial pneumonia. (D) Pink-tinged and frothy sputum is more characteristic of pulmonary edema than of gram-positive bacterial pneumonia.

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