A 78-Year-Old Male Presents to the Emergency Department Reporting a 2-Day

Multiple Choice

A 78-year-old male presents to the emergency department reporting a 2-day history of difficulty breathing, cough, and chest pain. Upon triage assessment, the patient is found to have a fever, rapid rate of breathing, low oxygen saturation, and crackles upon auscultation of the lungs. A chest X-ray reveals consolidation in the right upper lung field. The patient is diagnosed with pneumonia, initiated on oxygen therapy, and admitted for observation and treatment.
-Upon admission to the inpatient unit,a respiratory sputum culture and blood culture are sent.Prior to obtaining the blood culture,you provide education to the patient.Which of the following statements,by the patient,best demonstrates understanding of the rationale for the blood culture?

A) "The blood culture will be able to determine which bacterium is causing the infection in my lungs."
B) "The blood culture will be able to determine which virus is causing the infection in my lungs."
C) "The blood culture will be able to determine if the microbe causing the infection is present and multiplying in my blood,putting me at risk for septicemia."
D) "The blood culture will be able to determine if the infection has infected other body tissues."