Productive cough in early pneumonia

Case Profile

Case presentation
Shweta, a 22 year old woman presented at the clinic with chief complaint of:

- Fever since past 3 days

- Shortness of breath on exertion since past 10 days

- Intermittent cough since past 3 months with slightly blood tinged sputum

- No medicine/food/environmental allergies

Case history

She complains that two days ago, she developed a low-grade fever (99°F), which increased last night to 101.1°C. The first time she had cough at the gym and it had been the same until about 3 days ago, but then it suddenly got a lot worse. No sore throat, rhinitis, myalgias or headache reported. The cough was on and off, until 3 days ago, but now she has it several times a day. The coughing bouts were severe enough to stop her from exercising.

Which of the following is the most frequent cause of productive cough?

Frequent causes of acute and chronic productive cough

Purulent blood tinged sputum, fever, crackles and tachycardia are classical symptoms of?

History and physical examination for productive cough

What is the most appropriate treatment of patients presenting with acute productive cough symptoms?

Available treatment for management of productive (wet) cough

Red flags in acute cough

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