Productive cough with brown sputum

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In March, James, an 80 year old resident of a New Jersey nursing home, had a fever accompanied by a productive cough with brown sputum. James reported to the attending physician that he was short of breath, had pain on the right side of his chest, and suffered night sweats. Laboratory findings indicate that James's WBC counts were well above normal. Chest x- rays showed a right upper lobe infiltrate.

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