Aafp board review id - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

A 4-week-old white male is brought to your office with a 2-week history of increasing dyspnea, cough, and poor feeding. The child appears nontoxic and is afebrile. On examination you note conjunctivitis, and a chest examination reveals tachypnea and crackles. A chest film shows hyperinflation and diffuse interstitial infiltrates and a WBC count reveals eosinophilia. What is the most likely etiologic agent? (check one) A. Staphylococcus species B. Chlamydia trachomatis C. Respiratory syn...

A 4-week-old white male is brought to your office with a 2-week history of increasing dyspnea, cough, and poor feeding. The child appears nontoxic and is afebrile. On examination you note conjunctivitis, and a chest examination reveals tachypnea and crackles. A chest film shows hyperinflation and diffuse interstitial infiltrates and a WBC count reveals eosinophilia. What is the most likely etiologic agent? (check one) A. Staphylococcus species B. Chlamydia trachomatis C. Respiratory syn...