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Posted On : 12 Dec 2012

7month old baby with H FLU Meningitis sensitive to Ceftriaxone treated with inj Ceftriaxone for 10 days.sensorium and general condition improved low grade fever persists.CT HEAD is normal.LPrepeated.CSF Is normal.No evidence of phlebitis or intercurrent infection or other focus of infection. What do I do

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Bal Mukund

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i think look for other focus of infection, if all cultures are still negative think of drug fever.

12 years ago

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madheswaran mani

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mri brain

12 years ago

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ramadevi

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hearing test screen

12 years ago

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Mary Varughese

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Consider stopping antibiotics as this may be antibiotic fever

12 years ago

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T Jothi

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stop all drugs. may be drug fever.

12 years ago

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Complete 14 days of antibiotics and check if fever persists even after stopping antibitiocs. If fever subsides it may be drug related. If fever persists, try and find focus of fever.

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