What Might Be Indicated by Failure of the Patient's Temperature

question 37

Multiple Choice

What might be indicated by failure of the patient's temperature to normalize 4 or 5 days after the start of antibiotic therapy?
1) A closed-space infection
2) Drug fever
3) A missed pathogen

• A)1 and 2 only
• B)2 and 3 only
• C)1 only
• D)1, 2, and 3

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