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bacterial tracheitis, acute bacterial tracheitis, tracheitis, bacterial infection, the trachea, wind pipe, capable of producing airway obstruction, bacterial tracheitis, often, staphylococcus aureus, frequently follows a recent viral upper respiratory infection, affects mostly young children, small trachea is blocked by swelling, children, still have a cough from previous infection but this rapidly worsens, child quickly develops stridor, a high pitched, crowing sound, breathing, increasing breathing difficulty, fever, child looks very ill, progress very rapidly, children, sound, they have croup, the usual croup treatments, not improve the breathing difficulty, tracheitis, hospitalization, always, a breathing tube, endotracheal tube, maintain an open airway, infection is treated, an antistaphylococcal medications penicillin, a cephalosporin that covers staphylococcus, a different organism is at fault, appropriate antibiotic is used, increasing deep, barking croup-like cough following a previous upper respiratory infection, crowing sound, the child inhales, inspiratory stridor, high fever, very sick-looking child, toxic, breathing difficulty, increasing in severity over time, intercostal retractions, muscles between the ribs pull in, the child attempts to breathe, nasopharyngeal culture, staphylococcus aureus, organisms, tracheal culture, staphylococcus aureus, organisms, blood gasses, decreased oxygen saturation, decreased po2, x-ray, the trachea, narrowing, the tracheal airway, normal epiglottis, purulent, pus-filled, tracheal secretions obtained placing the breathing tube, in the patient, child often needs to have an airway, breathing tube placed, endotracheal tube, antibiotics, a vein, a type of penicillin, the cephalosporins, oxygen, blood gases, monitored to be sure that the child is breathing adequately, full recovery is expected patient, brought to a medical facility in time, airway obstruction, cardiorespiratory arrest, possibly death, the breathing stops, heartbeat stops, toxic shock syndrome, organism is staphylococcus, child has had a recent upper respiratory infection, suddenly develops a high fever, worsening cough, breathing difficulty, true emergency, immediate medical attention, many cases, not preventable.