A 48-year-old man complains of fever, shortness of breath, and chest pain on the right. As a result of the pleural tap, 700 mL of creamy yellowish-green fluid was drained. What pathological condition has occurred in the patient?

• A. Pleural empyema
• B. Fibrinous pleurisy
• C. Serous pleurisy
• D. Pleural carcinomatosis
• E. Hemorrhagic pleurisy