The diagnosis in the first case is lobar pneumonia. Classic auscultatory findings in this disease include bronchial breath sounds, egophony, bronchophony, pectoriloquy, and inspiratory crackles. The findings associated with lobar consolidation are summarized in Table 3 of the article, Pulmonary Auscultation.
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