Deangelo has noticed that mark has been coming to basketball practice late. mark has been missing team meetings and making excuses for low grades. on friday, the coach told mark he would be benched if he did not change his attitude. mark tells deangelo that he feels overwhelmed by all the stress at school and problems at home. deangelo is afraid that mark might lose his position on the team.

what is the best advice deangelo could give mark?

a.) seek assistance from a school counselor.
b.) work out with the athletic trainer.
c.) leave home to remove the stressor.
d.) quit the team to focus on school.

A48-year-old male presents with an 8-day history of productive cough, subjective fevers, and malaise. he is otherwise healthy without any active medical problems. he is a social drinker of alcohol, and denies any tobacco or drug use. on physical examination, the patient is alert and oriented. his temperature is 100.4 0 f, pulse rate is 56, respiratory rate is 18, and blood pressure is 133/64. heent is within normal limits and a chest exam has diffuse expiratory wheeze with decreased sounds to the right lower lung fields. blood labs reveal wbc 14.4, hgb 11.3, plt 233, alt 65, ast 102, and po 4 2.1. a chest x-ray reveals a dense consolidation with bulging fissures. based on these findings, what is the most likely pathogen affecting this patient?