Your patient is a nine-month-old infant in respiratory distress with grunting respirations of 50 per minute, nasal flaring, and intercostal retractions. He is pale, and you note scattered bilateral wheezing on auscultation of the lungs. The mother states that the child is healthy and up to date on all his immunizations. Which of the following conditions is most likely, based on this information?
A) New-onset asthma
B) Bacterial tracheitis
C) Bronchiolitis due to respiratory syncytial virus
D) Epiglottitis due to Haemophilus influenzae type B
C
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