Case Presentation
A one – month – and – twenty – four – day - old male presented with
cough, tachypnea, and minimal chest retraction of short duration. The
child was afebrile and exhibited moderate 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 percentile. His birth weight was 2.6 kgs.,
suggesting poor weight gain. The child was on mixed feed (breastfeeding
and cow’s milk) from one month of age. The X-ray chest demonstrated
right upper lobe pneumonia (Figure 1).