A 65-year-old diabetic man presents to the emergency room with a severe productive cough producing thick bloody sputum resembling a “currant-jelly” like appearance. Culture using MacConkey agar reveals pink colonies, with large mucoid colonies on routine laboratory media. Which of the following organisms is most likely responsible for this patient’s pneumonia?

Microbiology

A 65-year-old diabetic man presents to the emergency room with a severe productive cough producing thick bloody sputum resembling a “currant-jelly” like appearance. Culture using MacConkey agar reveals pink colonies, with large mucoid colonies on routine laboratory media. Which of the following organisms is most likely responsible for this patient’s pneumonia?

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