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Constant Fever

2017-10-01 19:27:38
It was already been diagnosed that I have thyphoid and I was on antibiotics for 5 days and still the fever and symptoms persists hence got widely test again and in that dilution was not specified but it showed BH positive , my concern is do i need to take antibiotics IV for another two days or wait for another 5 days and repeat the test .
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Hi, To diagnose typhoid you should get blood culture done. On widal test if the titres are increasing then it's suggestive of typhoid. Duration of treatment is 14 days. Feel free to consult directly if you have any queries.

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