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Sir what is drug fever please tell and do children develop drug fever after antibiotic like zifi or cefixime and is this common
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Drug fever develops after taking certain drugs like antibiotics for 7 to 10 days. It can occur with cefixime. It is not common. The drug can be stopped to know
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