Community acquired pneumonia presents with chills

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Ms. Stevens, a 70 year old patient with community acquired pneumonia presents with chills, productive cough, temperature of 102.1, pulse 100, respiration 18, BP 94/52, WBC 12,000, and blood urea nitrogen (BUN) 24mg/dl. She has a history of mild dementia and his mental status is unchanged from her last visit. These findings indicate that this patient:

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