Canadian Medical Association Journal | 2019
Plastic bronchitis in a 3-year-old boy
Abstract
A previously healthy 3-year-old boy presented to the department of respiratory medicine with a 7-day history of persistent high fever, violent cough and worsening dyspnea. Despite therapy with antibiotics and mucolytics (orally administered cefaclor [30 mg/kg/d, 3 times daily] and ambroxol