A 4-month-old, Thai boy was admitted to this hospital (April 9, 2002) after suffering fever and watery diarrhea for 2 days. He had a history of wheezing, chro-nic cough and dyspnea since he was 3 months old.
He was the fourth child with a birth weight of 3,460 g. After birth, he was jaundiced with a weakly positive indirect Coombs’ test and was placed under phototherapy for two days. He was breastfed and asymptomatic until 3 months of age.