A Cough You are an intern examining a patient that is a 5 1/2-week-old male who was transferred from...

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A Cough You are an intern examining a patient that is a 5 1/2-week-old male who was transferred from a rural clinic to your hospital with a 10-day history of choking spells. The child’s spells began with repetitive coughing and progressed to his turning red and gasping for breath. In the prior 2 days, he also had three episodes of vomiting in association with his choking spells. 1. What do you do next?

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A CoughYou are an intern examining a patient that is a 5 1/2-week-old male who was transferred from a rural clinic to your hospital with a 10-day history of choking spells. The child’s spells began with repetitive coughing and progressed to his turning red and gasping for breath. In the prior 2 days, he also had three episodes of vomiting in association with his choking spells.

1. What do you do next?

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The resident also asks you to take a nasopharyngeal swab

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Clear Chest X-ray

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-MMWR

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Comparative Genome Hybridization

Comparative Genome Hybridization

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Bordetella phylogenyBordetella phylogeny

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Comparative Genome Hybridization

Comparative Genome Hybridization

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Comparative Genome Hybridization

Comparative Genome Hybridization