A 66-year-old man has had fatigue, shortness ofbreath, and temperatures to 40°C (104°F) for a week. An x-ray of the ches

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A 66-year-old man has had fatigue, shortness ofbreath, and temperatures to 40°C (104°F) for a week. An x-ray of the chest shows a cavitary lesion with a fluid level in the right lower lobe of the lungs. Culture of sputum grows Klebsie/la pneu1noniae. Symptoms resolve with antibiotic treatment. Which of the following is most likely to be found in the right lower lobe 6 months later?


A) Focal pulmonary fibrosis
B) Granulomatous inflammation
C) Liquefactive necrosis
D) Metaplastic pulmonary epithelium
E) Normal pulmonary parenchyma