Case Presentation
A 1 month 24 days old male child presented with cough, tachypnea, and minimal chest retraction for a short duration. The child was afebrile with fair activity and sucking. The child’s weight and height on admission were 3.5 kgs. and 52 cms. respectively, and both of the parameters were < 3rd centile. His birth weight was 2.6 kgs., suggesting poor weight gain. The child was on mixed feed (breastfeeding + cow’s milk) from 1 month of age. The X-ray chest was reported as right upper lobe pneumonia. (Figure 1)