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Lymph Node Infection
My wife is having severe fever and mild swelling on left side of throat outside. On consulting doctor , they did blood test and found that Neutrophils was 69.2 and CRP 18.5 rest of the blood tests were normal, Started with Zinnat (cefuroxime) tab twice a day for 5 days, and the fever and swelling dint subside. After 5days of med dr adviced to do USG and found that there is multple LYmph nodes with 15mm size. Then conti..with the IV injections of cefuroxime 1.5gm for three days and still no use.
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Dr. Gladson Guddappa Uchil
ENT/ Otorhinolaryngologist
26 yrs exp
Bangalore
It is advised to undergo a Sputum and blood culture with antibiotic sensitivity testing to select the right antibiotics for her. Until then, a broad spectrum antibiotic specially focusing on gram positive germs should be opted for, which clearly Cefuroxime is NOT!
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