UKMLA PLAB AMC USMLE Prometric MCQ

Question Number 0577
Question:
A 26 year old man presents with severe shortness of breath and dry cough which he has had for 24 hours. He is very distressed. He has been an IV drug user. The x-ray shows peri-hilar fine mottling.

a) Strep pneumococcus
b) Mycobacterium tuberculosis
c) Mycoplasma pneumoniae
d) Pneumocystis carinii
e) Staphylococcus aureus