Cough with occasional blood-streaked sputum

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A 43-year-old man presents with daily fever, night sweats, weight loss of over 20lb. over the past 4 months, and a cough with occasional blood-streaked sputum. A chest radiograph shows a right upper lobe infiltrate with a 2cm cavity. If you were seeing this patient for the first time in an emergency department, which of the following interventions would you consider most urgent? Group of answer choices Administer oxygen Place the patient in respiratory isolation Stain and review a sputum smear to look for acid-fast bacteria Begin isoniazid, rifampin, pyrazinamide, and ethambutol Begin IV ceftriaxone.

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