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A client with pneumococcal pneumonia was started on antibiotics 16 hours ago. During the nurse's initial evening rounds the nurse notices a foul taste and smell to the client's sputum. Which one would alert the nurse to a complication?

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Rationale: Foul smelling and tasting sputum signals a risk of a lung abscess. This puts the client in grave danger since abscesses are often caused by anaerobic organisms. This client most likely would need a change of antibiotics. Sharp chest pain on inspiration called pleuritic pain is an expected finding with this type of pneumonia. The other options are expected in the initial 24 to 48 hours of therapy for infections.

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