mahendra
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A 3-year-old child with cystic fibrosis presents with weight loss,
irritability, and a chronic productive cough. On physical exam, he is
afebrile and lung exam reveals intercostal retractions, wheezing,
rhonchi, and rales. Chest x-ray demonstrates patchy infiltrates
and atelectasis and Gram's stain of the sputum reveals slightly
curved, motile gram-negative rods that grow aerobically. The
microorganism responsible for this child's pneumonia is also
the most common cause of which of the following diseases?
A. Croup
B. Epiglottitis
C. Meningitis
D. Otitis externa
E. Otitis media
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| asmi
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ITS C
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| asmi
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its B..iam sorry :oops:
Hemophilus influenza one of the commonest cause of recurrent infection in CF pt.
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