10th September 2020

A 61-year-old male patient presents to the emergency department with acute onset fever

A 61-year-old male patient presents to the emergency department with acute onset fever and dry cough two days ago after a 3 day period of general malaise and headache. He is short of breath at rest and is having to use his salbutamol inhaler far more frequently than normal. 

The patient above has confirmed pneumonia, please select the SINGLE most likely causative organism. Select ONE option from the list above.