An individual, admitted to the hospital after being diagnosed with pneumonia, has developed high fever, altered mental status and low blood pressure. The cause of his signs are symptoms :

The cause of those signs and symtoms would be the underlying infection causing his body to develop a fever and attempt to kill the bacteria, the low bp and altered mental status may be a result of the fever or potential fluid accumulation in the lungs depending on the severity of the fever and infection.

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