Infant With Recurrent Infections Found to Have a Duplication of the Respiratory Tract

A 10-month-old boy with a weight of 5 kg demonstrated recurrent respiratory infections after birth, respiratory distress after feeding, and slow weight gain. At the time of presentation, he had been experiencing a cough accompanied by pyrexia for > 20 days. Prenatal ultrasound examinations reveal...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Chest 2024-11, Vol.166 (5), p.e137-e140
Hauptverfasser:	Shang, Ziyin, Liu, Cuiwei, Liu, Yingxing, Hong, Chun, Yang, Chaoxiang, Si, Yuan
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Humans Infant Male Recurrence Respiratory Tract Infections - complications Respiratory Tract Infections - diagnosis Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Zusammenfassung:	A 10-month-old boy with a weight of 5 kg demonstrated recurrent respiratory infections after birth, respiratory distress after feeding, and slow weight gain. At the time of presentation, he had been experiencing a cough accompanied by pyrexia for > 20 days. Prenatal ultrasound examinations revealed no abnormalities. He was born at full term via cesarean delivery and weighed 2.9 kg at birth. He was hospitalized three times because of pneumonia.
ISSN:	0012-3692 1931-3543 1931-3543
DOI:	10.1016/j.chest.2024.05.039