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A 27-year-old man presents to clinic for assessment of new left-sided chest pain and feeling unwell. He describes developing a new cough with some blood-tinged sputum, fever, and chills of 2 days duration. His past medical history is negative, and he reports smoking about 1 pack a day. On physical examination, the pertinent findings are dullness and crackles in the left lower chest. His CXR is shown in Figure below. Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis?

Apneumonia, left lower lobe
Batelectasis, left lower lobe
CPE
Dtuberculosis
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