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).