A one month old baby was transferred to hospital with 10 days…

Question Answered step-by-step A one month old baby was transferred to hospital with 10 days… A one month old baby was transferred to hospital  with 10 days history of severe cough spells.. the symptoms start with cold but he get worse in last week. The coughing of the baby was so violent that he often became cyanotic and gasped for breath when the coughing subsided. Also, he had vomiting with his coughing. His pulse and breathing rabidly. The chest is clear. the oropharynx is irritated but not inflamed or purulent. No membrane is observed. The chest radiograph was clear. The Hb slightly low. the white blood cel was 15.5* 10 ^9 L with 70% lymphocytes. what are the differential diagnoses?Why the symptoms don’t match the other microbes? what the final diagnoses? what tests would you want to do to rule in or rule out pneumonia? what types of specimen I have to collect? what the specific media I have to use for this type of bacteria?  HINT:  For example, for the differential diagnoses: B. Pertusis chlamydia trachomatis S. Pneumoniae L. monocytogens S. AureusGroup B streptococcus E.coli so which bacteria will cause this?  Biology Science Microbiology MICO 2400 Share QuestionEmailCopy link Comments (0)