Reference no: EM133722163

Question

Patient presented to the clinic one week ago with complaint of fatigue, productive cough, fever and weight loss. Patient reports her cough has gotten progressively worse over the last several weeks since arriving back home after trip to Asia with church. Vital signs in the office one week ago were as follows: Temp= 102.6F; R= 18; P= 82; BP=114/72. Weight = 130lb. A sputum specimen was collected at the clinic and sent for AFB smear and culture. Patient was given another sputum container to take home with instructions to obtain an early morning sputum specimen the next day and to return to the clinic. She returned the following day with the sputum specimen she collected at home and a third sputum specimen was collected on the in the clinic. Several days later, the sputum smears results are reported as follows: Negative, Positive, Positive. diagnosis codes.